Roadside Inspection 80017640

Roadside inspection on Oct 26, 2023 in Tennessee • Carrier: SUMMERS-TAYLOR INC (USDOT 360000) • Vehicle: STERLING TRUCK STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK HazMat CVSA L2
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80017640
Date:
Oct 26, 2023
State:
Tennessee
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
Yes
Inspection site:
GREENE COUNTY SCALES
Carrier (USDOT):
SUMMERS-TAYLOR INC (360000)
Vehicle:
STERLING TRUCK Acterra STRAIGHT TRUCK
Ticket make:
Strg
Plate:
E980HT (TN)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hazardous Materials and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 3.

Compared to the median Level 2 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 this carrier's typical
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.74 violations per inspection across 27 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Tennessee
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 10,741 Level 2 inspections in Tennessee during 2023
vs typical at GREENE COUNTY SCALES
2
On par with station median (2)
Median of 475 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 642,260 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 25.2%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2023
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
59%
27 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
2
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
9
3 violations · 1 OOS · 0.33 per inspection
Prior 365 days
27
20 violations · 3 OOS · 0.74 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (3 violations across 9 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.74 per inspection).

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 172.200(a) (No shipping paper provided by offeror, severity weight 3). (172.200(a))

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 2FZACGDJ97AY41419 TN E980HT STERLING TRUCK
Ticket: Strg
Acterra 2007

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
172.200(a) No shipping paper provided by offeror 3 Hazardous Materials 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
80439090 Dec 19, 2023 TN L2 LEBANON 1 OOS
80439089 Dec 19, 2023 TN L2 LEBANON 0
80403505 Dec 14, 2023 TN L2 THP 1 I-40 KNOXVILLE SCALES 0
80365718 Dec 8, 2023 VA L2 BRISTOL VA 2 OOS
80343156 Dec 8, 2023 NC L2 4
80312168 Dec 4, 2023 TN L3 I-81 N 0

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