据KING5 News报道，最近，华盛顿州内的一次调查显示，州劳工与工业部并未按照该州法律规定来落实每年的电梯及自动扶梯检验检测工作。调查报告显示，州内超过18000台传输设备中，大部分为电梯和自动扶梯，在2018年并没有接受检验检测。其中，有数千台设备在2到3年内未接受过检验检测，而有3台设备超过10年未接受检测。劳工与工业部称这种检验检测工作滞后是因为近几年建筑数量大量增加，而电梯检验员人手不足。进该部门聘用了6名电梯检测员并计划申请资金，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.
