U.S. Steel, Clairton Coke Works plant
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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.
In the last five years, U.S. Steel has paid more than $10 million in penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act at Clairton.
The deadly explosions that happened Monday at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility come following several different incidents at the plant over the past several years, including one incident in February. A flaring and fire at the Clairton plant in February sent two people to the hospital.
Family members tell Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Steven Menefee, a father of two, was a loving man who would give you the shirt off his back.