Roadside Inspection 79668518

Roadside inspection on Sep 13, 2023 in California • Carrier: KINGSBOROUGH ATLAS TREE SURGERY INC (USDOT 2670464) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
79668518
Date:
Sep 13, 2023
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
COTTONWOOD IF
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER 114SD STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
97673V2 (CA)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 7.

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 California
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 152,523 Level 1 inspections in California during 2023
vs typical at COTTONWOOD IF
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 6,070 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
2
1 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 393.130(c) (Improper restraint/securement of item, severity weight 7). (393.130(c))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3ALHG3FM3LDKV4117 CA 97673V2 FREIGHTLINER 114SD 2020
2 SEMI-TRAILER 16V2F3629N6088802 CA 4UN8981 BIG TEX Big Tex 2022

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.130(c) Improper restraint/securement of item 7 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
392.2 Violation of Local Laws - Explain: Unsafe Driving

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
79657163 Sep 12, 2023 CA L1 COTTONWOOD IF 0
79590466 Sep 5, 2023 CA L3 DESCHUTES RD SOF 44 0
79590147 Sep 5, 2023 CA L3 DESCHUTES RD SOF 44 0
79477143 Aug 22, 2023 CA L1 SR-299 BEAR GULCH 2
79226921 Jul 20, 2023 CA L1 NIMITZ IF 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85104885 Jul 1, 2025 CA L2 3ALHG3FM3LDKV4117
84493414 Apr 22, 2025 CA L1 16V2F3629N6088802
79590466 Sep 5, 2023 CA L3 16V2F3629N6088802
79590466 Sep 5, 2023 CA L3 3ALHG3FM3LDKV4117

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