When the “founding fathers” of the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) set out to promote safety and self-regulation in 1913, it may have been an altogether different industry, but the philosophy was just the same — striving for a safe, secure and responsible approach to industrial and medical gases.
The quest began in 1907, when the United States Congress authorized the Bureau of Explosives (BOE) of the Association of American Railroads to propose regulations for the safe transport of compressed gas in cylinders. Four years later, in 1911, the BOE proposed the first compressed gas regulations to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and these proposed regulations prompted a number of compressed gas manufacturers to hire Robert King, of the law firm Philbin Beekman & Griscom, to represent their interests with the BOE and the ICC.
It soon became evident that a national association of compressed gas manufacturers was needed to promote self-regulation of the industry, and from these foundations, the CGA would soon be born.
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