据8News报道，美国弗吉尼亚州里士满最近开展了一项电梯检查，其中在审查这一环节发现了不少问题，包括部分电梯没有检测记录的情况，以及缺少证明电梯检测由第三方承包商的正式手续。其中，对34台电梯的抽查汇中发现超过一半没有检测记录。审查方也发现里士满市对市内电梯设备保有量并不确定。该市政府人员称这只是记录丢失而已，经济与社区发展部的副总干事沙伦说“生命安全是我们工作中排在第一位的”。她说电梯检测的相关记录都在一个Excel电子表格里，没有输入到正确的数据库中，现在专家组正在着手解决问题。

　　AUDIT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT RICHMOND ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS

　　A recent audit of the elevator-inspection process in Richmond, Virginia, raised questions, including some about elevators lacking inspections and there being no formal process to ensure inspections are performed by a third-party vendor, 8News reports. A sampling of 34 units found more than half lack inspection records. The audit also revealed the city of Richmond does not know how many elevators are in the city. City leaders attributed the findings to a record keeping error, and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Economic and Community Development Sharon Ebert added that “life safety is our number-one concern.” She said elevator inspection records were on an Excel spreadsheet and not entered into the correct database and that a team of experts is working on fixing the issue.