Inspection template in the LeanSuite app
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Elevator and lift inspection checklist
An elevator inspection checklist for a plant or warehouse is the owner's monthly check of a passenger or freight elevator between visits from the licensed inspector and the service contractor. This one has 6 questions per lift ID: the inspection certificate is current, doors and door sensors work, the emergency phone connects, the car is clean, and any defect is reported and the check signed.
Elevators in the US are built and inspected to ASME A17.1, and periodic inspections are set by the state or city; this template does not replace them. It gives facilities a regular, recorded look at the things users notice first. A failure on the floor: a freight elevator door sensor taped over because it kept reopening on pallets, an emergency phone that rings nowhere since the phone line was changed, or a certificate in the frame that expired last year. Each one is quick to find and slow to explain after an incident.
What it is for, as built: Inspection of passenger and freight lifts.
The full question list
The 6 questions in the inspection
Every question is answered Yes, No or N/A. Each No is flagged and asks for a photo and a comment, so the finding arrives with its evidence.
Check
- 1Certificate is current
- 2Doors and sensors work
- 3Emergency phone works
- 4Car is clean
Record
- 5Defects reported
- 6Check signed
Worked example, illustrative
A filled-in example
One section as it might be filled in on the floor, with every other section of the inspection answered Yes. The place and finding are made up to show how the inspection reads and scores.
Result: fail, 83.3% against a pass mark of 90
- 6 questions, all of them count.
- 1 answered No, so 5 of 6 are Yes: 5 ÷ 6 = 83.3%.
- 83.3% is under 90, so the inspection fails.
What happened next: Facilities lead posted a notice in the car and had the phone reconnected by the service contractor within three days.
Scored here as one point per question with N/A left out. In the app each answer carries the points set on the template, so change them after you clone it if your plant weighs some checks more.
Elevator and Lift Inspection
Inspection, monthly
- Lift ID
- Freight lift 2, Warehouse
Check
- Certificate is currentYes
- Doors and sensors workYes
- Emergency phone worksNo
Comment: Pressed the emergency phone button for a full minute, no ringing and no answer. Line was changed when the switchboard moved.
Photo attached to the No
- Car is cleanYes
When to use it
- Once a month.
- The person responsible for the area or equipment answers each question on the spot.
- Each record starts with: Lift ID.
How it is scored
The template is built with points per answer and a pass mark of 90. In this library every audit is set to pass at 80 and every inspection at 90. Each submitted inspection shows its score and pass or fail, and every No is flagged with its photo and comment.
Change the points or the pass mark after you clone it. How rules and scoring work.
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FAQ
Elevator and lift inspection checklist: common questions
Monthly per lift is the built interval, between the service contractor's visits and the licensed inspection. Check again after any service call or entrapment, after work on the phone system or the building's power, after a door strike by a pallet or truck on a freight lift, and when a department reports doors reopening or the car stopping short.
A facilities technician or the building maintenance lead does it, and it takes a few minutes per lift. They need to know how to test the door sensors safely, who should answer the emergency phone and where the certificate is displayed. A No goes to the facilities manager, who calls the service contractor and decides whether the lift stays in use.
A fail means the lift may trap or hurt someone with no way to call for help: a door sensor that does not stop the door, a dead emergency phone, a lapsed certificate. Take the lift out of service for a door or phone fault, post a notice and call the service contractor. Chase a lapsed certificate that week. In this template every No is flagged and asks for a photo and a comment, and an inspection that scores under its pass mark of 90 is a fail.
Keep the lift ID, date, who checked it, the certificate expiry date, the phone test result, each No with the service contractor's call reference and the fix date. The record shows how often a freight lift's sensors get taped or knocked, and it is what you reach for when the licensed inspector or an incident investigator asks. In LeanSuite each submitted inspection is stored with its score, its pass or fail, and the photo and comment on every No.
6 questions in 2 sections: check and record. Every question is answered Yes, No or N/A.
Use this template in LeanSuite
It is ready in the Template Marketplace inside Lean Creator as “Elevator and Lift Inspection”. Clone it into your plant, change any question, then schedule it to a person, role or asset with reminders. Auditors complete it on a phone or tablet, with photo evidence where required.
Not on LeanSuite yet? On a 90-day pilot our team sets up your account and digitizes the forms and checklists you use today, this one included.