How to Handle an Elevator Safety Test Violation (EIT)
EIT is the elevator safety test code in a Department of Buildings violation number. The types page gives those letters that label and nothing more. It does not name a test category, a form, a deadline, or a penalty for EIT. The notice states the condition. Do not treat the letters as a procedure.
Read the notice
Confirm the number contains EIT. E alone means elevator. LL10/81 means Local Law 10 of 1981, which the types page also calls an elevator safety test. VEW, VECW, VEWL, and VWL are elevator work without a permit, and the last two add a lien. An asterisk means the types page marks the item dismissed. None of those marks is a subtype of EIT.
Older papers say ECB. Current pages call that hearing path an OATH summons. OATH holds the hearing. OATH is not part of the Department of Buildings and does not issue the summons. A DOB violation is a notice that the property is out of compliance, plus an order to correct, and there is no court appearance. The annual elevator report the Department cites as a finable DOB violation is a filing failure. It is not automatically an EIT paper. Read the document you have.
If a class is printed, Class 1 is immediately hazardous, Class 2 is major, and Class 3 is lesser. That class is severity. It is not part of the EIT label. The letters do not set it. On a summons, use the hearing date and any cure date printed on that summons. A cure, where the schedule allows one, still requires an acceptable certificate of correction. Paying a penalty does not by itself close the Department record.
What the city is requiring
Follow the words on the notice. The elevator compliance pages describe the testing program in general. Elevators must be inspected and tested twice a year. The periodic inspection is a visual inspection. Category 1 is an annual no-load safety test. Category 5 is a rated-load test on a five-year cycle. Those pages do not say that the letters EIT mean one of those categories. If your notice names a category, a missed report, or a defect, that sentence controls. If it does not, do not borrow a deadline from a different elevator page.
The same caution applies to filing clocks, affirmation forms, and dollar charts on the elevator pages. They belong to the filings those pages name. The types page does not attach them to EIT. Local Law 10 of 1981 has its own stated remedy for a missed inspection and test report. That remedy is not the definition of EIT.
What S & M Expediting handles
S & M Expediting reads the number and the condition and sorts out whether the paper is a DOB violation or an OATH summons. They prepare and file the certificate of correction and the related Department filings, and they follow them. When the paper is a summons, they can appear at the OATH hearing.
They are Class 2 filing representatives, never Class 1. We will work with the elevator contractor you have, or if not, we will recommend one from our network. violation removal is the research and the filings.
Who does the corrective work
The notice names the condition that has to be corrected and who must sign the proof. A certified elevator company performs an elevator safety test. We will work with the elevator contractor you have, or if not, we will recommend one from our network.
Call us at 718-833-2333 or email info@sandmexpediting.com. Bring the EIT notice. Do not assume it is the same paper as an E or LL10/81 violation. S & M Expediting is a New York City certified minority- and women-owned business.
