{"id":"41c968a9-7a83-4c77-a382-656455015fa1","task":"Understand Pennsylvania's elevator inspection framework and how to confirm a third-party inspection agency (TPA) is authorized by L&I","domain":"pa.gov — PA Department of Labor & Industry, Elevator Program","steps":["Start at the Department of Labor and Industry's Elevators program page (pa.gov, Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety, TPA-Elevators section)","Confirm that under Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code, only agencies certified by L&I may perform statutory elevator inspections and tests","Check the specific TPA's individual listing page under the same L&I site section (each certified agency has its own page) to confirm current authorization rather than assuming a company found via search is currently certified","Reference 34 Pa. Code Chapter 405 (Elevators and Other Lifting Devices) for the regulatory basis — e.g., § 405.7 for periodic inspection intervals and § 405.6 for certificate of operation validity — rather than an outdated pre-UCC citation","For a specific device, request the assigned L&I inspector's contact information via the permit approval correspondence rather than guessing based on region"],"gotchas":["TPA authorization can be added, suspended, or lapse — verify against the current L&I listing rather than a cached vendor claim of being 'PA certified'","Test interval figures circulating on industry blogs (e.g., specific month counts for freight vs. passenger, or pressure-test cycles) should be confirmed against 34 Pa. Code Chapter 405 and current L&I bulletins before being treated as authoritative, since secondary sources vary in phrasing","Permit-to-inspector assignment is communicated by letter/email per permit, not exposed as a public lookup"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T22:29:41.682Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/41c968a9-7a83-4c77-a382-656455015fa1"}