An elevator safety brake and/or safety actuator health monitoring system comprising: an elevator car (103; 204) moveable within an elevator shaft (117; 206) along a guide rail (109; 208); a first safety brake assembly (200; 302) arranged on the elevator car (103; 204) and configured to engage with the guide rail (117; 206) to provide emergency braking to the elevator car (103; 208), wherein the first brake assembly (200; 302) includes: a first safety brake (210; 310); and an electronic safety actuator (212; 308) operably connected to the first safety brake ; and a health monitoring element in communication with the electronic safety actuator , wherein the health monitoring element is configured to: record information associated with operation of the first safety brake assembly (200; 302); compare the recorded information against at least one predetermined threshold; and when the recorded information exceeds the at least one predetermined threshold, generate a notification that maintenance is required; characterized in that the information associated with the first safety brake assembly (200; 302) comprises at least one of a number of times the first safety brake (210; 310) engages with the guide rail (109; 208), an amount of time the first safety brake (210; 310) engages with the guide rail (117; 206), an amount of time of activation of the electronic safety actuator (212; 308), and a distance traveled by the first safety brake (210; 310) when engaged with the guide rail (117; 206). an elevator car (103; 204) moveable within an elevator shaft (117; 206) along a guide rail (109; 208); a first safety brake assembly (200; 302) arranged on the elevator car (103; 204) and configured to engage with the guide rail (117; 206) to provide emergency braking to the elevator car (103; 208), wherein the first brake assembly (200; 302) includes: a first safety brake (210; 310); and an electronic safety actuator (212; 308) operably connected to the first safety brake ; and a first safety brake (210; 310); and an electronic safety actuator (212; 308) operably connected to the first safety brake ; and a health monitoring element in communication with the electronic safety actuator , wherein the health monitoring element is configured to: record information associated with operation of the first safety brake assembly (200; 302); compare the recorded information against at least one predetermined threshold; and when the recorded information exceeds the at least one predetermined threshold, generate a notification that maintenance is required; characterized in that the information associated with the first safety brake assembly (200; 302) comprises at least one of a number of times the first safety brake (210; 310) engages with the guide rail (109; 208), an amount of time the first safety brake (210; 310) engages with the guide rail (117; 206), an amount of time of activation of the electronic safety actuator (212; 308), and a distance traveled by the first safety brake (210; 310) when engaged with the guide rail (117; 206). record information associated with operation of the first safety brake assembly (200; 302); compare the recorded information against at least one predetermined threshold; and when the recorded information exceeds the at least one predetermined threshold, generate a notification that maintenance is required; characterized in that the information associated with the first safety brake assembly (200; 302) comprises at least one of a number of times the first safety brake (210; 310) engages with the guide rail (109; 208), an amount of time the first safety brake (210; 310) engages with the guide rail (117; 206), an amount of time of activation of the electronic safety actuator (212; 308), and a distance traveled by the first safety brake (210; 310) when engaged with the guide rail (117; 206). <EOS>