George Wallace was born in New York and, at age 13, moved with his mom and her new husband to McMechen, West Virginia, a coal mining town where the boy began working in the mines. He joined the Navy in 1936, got out in 1940, and then went right back in again when World War II...
Every workplace has its own set of hazards, but some are far more dangerous than others. Construction sites, steel mills, coal mines, Marcellus shale drilling sites, and factories are too often the setting for serious or even fatal work injuries. ...