近日，美国马萨诸塞州政府官员查里贝克回应社会对于电梯逾期未检情况的关注。根据波士顿商业周刊，上个月的一份调查显示该州42000台电梯设备中，超过4500台没有按照每年审验的要求进行审验。而该州的公共安全与检验办公室应该对此事负责。贝克提到，电梯没有按时审验，一部分的原因是建筑热潮来临。在2016年到2018年间，报道中将近共有十多人因电梯未按时年审导致的事故而受伤。立法机关曾要求电梯检验机构每年向政府报告未能按时完成检验的情况，但该要求在2017年撤销。自那以后，滞留未检的电梯数量便成千地增长。

　　MASSACHUSETTS ADDRESSES ELEVATOR INSPECTION BACKLOG

　　Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker addressed concerns over the backlog of elevators overdue for state inspections. According to the Boston Business Journal, an investigation last month revealed that more than 4,500 of the state’s approximately 42,000 elevators didn’t comply with annual inspection requirements. The Office of Public Safety and Inspections is responsible for the annual inspections. Baker said the backlog is partially due to the construction boom. Nearly a dozen people were reportedly injured on elevators overdue for inspections between 2016 and 2018. The Legislature used to require elevator inspectors to report on the state of the backlog every year but eliminated that requirement in 2017. Since then, the backlog has grown by thousands of elevators.