据夏威夷州负责电梯检查的工人了解，考艾岛(夏威夷群岛之第四大岛)很多建筑里的电梯运行许可证已过期，值得提出的是洲级检验员没有到邻岛进行检查。
　　园艺报周五报道，夏威夷7800套电梯和相应的系统中，78%运行许可证已失效，这其中包括几套位于考艾岛，许可证早在2008年已过期的电梯。
　　夏威夷洲电梯检查组成员说，全洲没有电梯检查监督负责人，只有7名检验员，这导致数年来检验工作不完善，另外去各岛检验所需的资源也有限。
　　夏威夷职业安全和健康部门官员詹妮弗•宍戸，把以上问题归咎为“长期性”人员不足。
　　“我们就是没能做到。”她说道。
　　洲法律要求电梯每年接受一次洲级检验员的测试和检查。
　　旧电梯应该是首类接受检查的，并列应排在首类的还有那些服务残疾人，医院，老人院以及学校的电梯。据报道，威尔科特斯纪念医院有11套电梯运行许可证已过期。

Many elevators lack updated permits
By Associated Press

　　Expired operating permits for elevators in Kauai buildings highlight state inspectors' inability to travel to the neighbor islands, according to state workers responsible for the inspections.
　　Seventy-eight percent of Hawaii's 6,700 elevators and related systems have expired operating permits, including some on Kauai that have expired permits dating to 2008, The Garden Island newspaper reported Friday.
　　The state's Elevator Inspection Section has no supervisor and there are just seven inspectors for all of Hawaii, leading to years of inspection backlog and limited resources to travel to other islands, staff members told the newspaper.
　　Jennifer Shishido, an administrator for Hawaii's Occupational Safety and Health Department, blamed "chronic" understaffing.
　　"We're just not able to get there," she said.
　　State law requires elevators to be tested and examined annually by a state inspector.
　　Older elevators are given priority, along with those that serve the handicapped, hospitals, senior homes and schools. Wilcox Memorial Hospital's 11 elevators are operating with expired permits, the newspaper reported.