Elevator & Amusement Device Safety Board

The Elevator & Amusement Device Safety Board provides technical recommendations based upon their education and expertise. Board members review issues relating to elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, aerial passenger tramways, and amusement devices (i.e. roller coasters, Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, glasshouses and walk-through dark houses, etc.).  Decisions are made in the interest of protecting the general public, owners, operators and other employees from potential hazards.

2024 Scheduled Meeting Dates of the Elevator & Amusement Device Safety Board

  • CANCELED: March 5, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. (CST)
  • June 4, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. (CDT) 
  • CANCELED: September 4, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. (CDT)
  • December 3, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. (CST) (If needed)

The Board's Latest Public Notices and Agendas

2023  ||  March 28 | September 6 - Minutes | December 5 - Transcript

2022  ||  March 1 - Video Recording | June 7 | September 7 | December 6 - Video Recording

2021  ||  March 2June 2September 8 | December 8

2020  ||  September 2 | December 1

2019  ||  March 5 | June 4 | September 24 | December 4

2018  ||  March 13 | June 5September 12December 4

2017  ||  March 7 | June 6 | September 12 | December 5

2016  ||  March 1 | July 26September 13October 26December 6

2015  ||  March 3 | June 2September 1 | December 3

2013  ||  June 4

2012  ||  June 5

2011  ||  December 6

2006  ||  June 7


Board Members

Mr. Robbie Fox
Chairman

Fixed Amusement Device Representative 
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Mr. Larry R. Moore, II
Owner and Lessees Representative
Kingsport, Tennessee
 

Ms. Kelly O’Connor
Public at Large Representative
Franklin, Tennessee

Mr. David Hale
Tennessee Fair Association Representative
Lebanon, Tennessee

Mr. Victor LaPorte
Manufacturer Representative
Franklin, Tennessee

Mr. Mitch H. Rader
Insurance Company Representative
Sevierville, Tennessee

Mr. James Roy Pope
Traveling Amusement Device Representative
Greenfield, Tennessee