Gas Valve Failure During Routine Maintenance Work May Have Led to Fatal Explosion, US Steel Says - Beaver County Radio

Corporate whitewash underway: US Steel calls actions leading to deadly explosion at Clairton facility “planned maintenance”

“They just would keep rigging things together, not fixing stuff. The batteries need to be taken down one at a time and completely repaired,” said one steelworker. “They just didn’t want to spend the money.”

Gas valve failure during routine maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion, US Steel says - Beaver County Radio

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A portion of the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant, is seen Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 in Clairton, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the company said Friday. U.S. Steel said it developed the information, along with other inve…