U.S. Steel says it's getting ready to restart Battery 14 at its Clairton plant more than two months after a deadly explosion took place .

The battery has been on hot idle, meaning it isn't producing any product, since the blast happened in mid-August, killing two workers and injuring nearly a dozen other people at the Clairton Coke Works plant.

Sources relayed to KDKA that the explosions occurred inside the reversing room for batteries 13 and 14. The room acts as a mechanical regulator, making sure the coal bakes evenly in the oven.

U.S. Steel says that repair work on Battery 14 is now complete and operations can resume.

"As we move forward, our thoughts remain with the employees who were injured or lost during the August 11th incident," U.S. Steel said. "Their families, collea

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