Roadside Inspection 78406502

Roadside inspection on Apr 19, 2023 in Pennsylvania • Carrier: TEQUIPMENT INC (USDOT 1655063) • Vehicle: HINO STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
7
OOS Violations
3
43% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
78406502
Date:
Apr 19, 2023
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
7
HazMat:
No
Carrier (USDOT):
TEQUIPMENT INC (1655063)
Vehicle:
HINO Conventional Type Truck STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
81822JN (NY)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service and Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 25.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2023, this is a more severe than typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs Level 1 median in Pennsylvania
7
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 15,724 Level 1 inspections in Pennsylvania during 2023

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
7
6 more than the median (1)
Compared to 536,564 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 24.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2023
Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 395.3(a)(2) (Driving beyond 11-hour driving limit, severity weight 7). (395.3(a)(2))

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 5PVNJ8JT5H4S57699 NY 81822JN HINO Conventional Type Truck 2017

Violations Cited

7 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.3(a)(2) Driving beyond 11-hour driving limit 7 Hours of Service OOS
395.3(a)(2) Driving beyond 11-hour driving limit 7 Hours of Service OOS
395.3(a)(3)(ii) Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty, off duty, or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes 7 Hours of Service
393.95(a) No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher 2 Vehicle Maintenance
395.22(h)(4) Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids 1 Hours of Service
395.26(b) Motor carrier failed to ensure that the ELD automatically recorded the required data elements. 1 Hours of Service
395.3(a)(3)(i) Requiring or permitting a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver to drive more than 11 hours Hours of Service OOS

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
78514555 May 2, 2023 NY L1 BRUTUS EXIT 40 TANDEM LOT 7 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85432062 Aug 6, 2025 PA L3 5PVNJ8JT5H4S57699
82483367 Aug 21, 2024 NY L2 5PVNJ8JT5H4S57699
80282783 Nov 30, 2023 NY L3 5PVNJ8JT5H4S57699

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