36% of Georgia’s Elevators Late for 2024 Inspections

The Georgia Officer of the Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire told Channel 2 Action News that of the state’s thousands of elevators, approximately 36% — roughly 11,520 — are not up to date on their inspections for 2024. The state of Georgia requires elevators to be inspected and recertified every year. In the metro Atlanta area, there are 13 inspectors currently and two full-time positions open for hire, and the state employs 25 full-time inspectors, three supervisors and one chief inspector. “We are in the process of hiring and training additional inspectors, though these positions can often be difficult to fill due to direct competition with the private sector,” officials told the source. Each inspector has a goal of eight elevator inspections per day in metro areas and six per day in rural areas. However, the number of inspections completed per day “can vary depending on the specific circumstances of an elevator or set of elevators inside a building, the travel time between locations, etc.” Due to the number of elevators in the state of Georgia, inspectors sometimes work with third-party inspection companies.