Just found out the first ASME boiler code was written after a massive explosion in a shoe factory in Lynn, Massachusetts, back in 1905.

I was reading an old trade journal at the library and it said that single event killed 58 people and basically forced the industry to create real safety standards, which makes you think about how much we take those code books for granted now, doesn't it?

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grace5651mo ago

Always thought those rules were just red tape.

karen_sanchez101mo ago

Nah, @grace565, those rules are there for a reason lol. They keep things from going sideways.