What Are Codes, Standards, and Specifications?
On March 20, 1905, a boiler explosion combined with a fire killed 58 people and injured 150 at the R. B. Grover shoe factory in Brockton, Massachusetts. Today, we do not hear much about boiler explosions, but in the late 19th century, they happened every other day in the United States.1 The Grover Shoe Factory disaster was the proverbial ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’ – as it rallied public opinion to the need of better industrial safety. The present ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) was written by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as a direct result from the Grover disaster.
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