Chris is an award-winning reporter who started with KDKA in May 2019. He is thrilled to tell your stories in his hometown! Pennsylvania leaders want answers as to what caused Monday's deadly explosion ...

The August explosion also came after Nippon Steel’s $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel in June 2025. It’s an open question whether the Japanese steel company will invest significantly in Clairton ...

The fatal explosion last week at US Steel’s Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as ...

CLAIRTON, Pa. — The U.S. Chemical Safety Board and Hazard Investigation Board has issued interim safety recommendations for U.S. Steel following the deadly explosion that happened at the Clairton Coke ...

CLAIRTON, Pennsylvania — Six months after a series of deadly explosions, US Steel‘s Clairton Coke Works has resumed operations at one of its batteries. The blasts on Aug. 11, 2025, killed two workers ...

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined US Steel and contractor MPW Industrial Services $180,000 for the deaths of two workers in the explosion at the US Steel Clairton Coke ...

CLAIRTON, Pa. — The sale of United States Steel was always going to be a global affair. Reporters from across the world descended into the Monongahela River Valley, south of Pittsburgh, to cover ...

Steelworkers cross a bridge to the the Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel plant, in Clairton, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. A federal safety agency investigating an August blast at a U.S. Steel plant ...