據KING5 News報道,最近,華盛頓州內的一次調查顯示,州勞工與工業部并未按照該州法律規定來落實每年的電梯及自動扶梯檢驗檢測工作。調查報告顯示,州內超過18000臺傳輸設備中,大部分為電梯和自動扶梯,在2018年并沒有接受檢驗檢測。其中,有數千臺設備在2到3年內未接受過檢驗檢測,而有3臺設備超過10年未接受檢測。勞工與工業部稱這種檢驗檢測工作滯后是因為近幾年建筑數量大量增加,而電梯檢驗員人手不足。進該部門聘用了6名電梯檢測員并計劃申請資金,另外多增加10人。
WASHINGTON ELEVATOR INSPECTION BACKLOG VIOLATES STATE LAW
A state investigation in Washington recently discovered that the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has not been complying with the state law that requires inspections of every elevator and escalator in the state annually, KING5 News reports. According to the state auditors, more than half of the 18,000 conveyances – mostly elevators and escalators – were not inspected in 2018. Thousands of the units had not been inspected for two to three years, and three units hadn’t been inspected in more than 10 years. L&I blamed the backlog on a building boom and lack of inspectors. The department recently hired six inspectors and intends to ask for additional funding to hire up to 10 more.