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Roadside Inspection 80406302

Roadside inspection on Dec 15, 2023 in California • Carrier: SHIPPING EXPERTS INC (USDOT 1248482) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80406302
Date:
Dec 15, 2023
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
SANTA NELLA SCALE FACILITY
Operating authority:
MC489832
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
YP12228 (CA)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Driver Fitness and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 1.

Compared to the median Level 3 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 0.79 violations per inspection across 14 prior records
vs Level 3 median in California
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 50,763 Level 3 inspections in California during 2023
vs typical at SANTA NELLA SCALE FACILITY
2
On par with station median (2)
Median of 34 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
2
2 more than the median (0)
Compared to 637,721 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 4.8%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2023
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
57%
14 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
4 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
5
7 violations · 1 OOS · 1.40 per inspection
Prior 365 days
14
11 violations · 1 OOS · 0.79 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 391.41(a) (Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state drivers licensing agency. History of either failing to produce a medical certificate or having an expired medical certificate., severity weight 1). (391.41(a))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9EJ5GN927287 CA YP12228 VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2016 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5E0AU1744GG722001 ME 2581001 COTTRELL
Ticket: Cotl
CX-5307 2016 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
391.41(a) Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state drivers licensing agency. History of either failing to produce a medical certificate or having an expired medical certificate. 1 Driver Fitness 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
80672177 Jan 23, 2024 CA L2 BLACK ROCK PLATFORM SCALE 1 —
80572024 Jan 8, 2024 CA L3 CASTAIC IF 0 —
80240464 Nov 26, 2023 AZ L2 INTERSTATE 10 4 OOS
80362696 Nov 22, 2023 CA L3 CORDELIA IF 0 —
80490989 Nov 8, 2023 NM L2 I-40 177 WB 1 —
80012623 Oct 24, 2023 CA L2 SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE 2 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89032080 Sep 18, 2026 CA L3 4V4NC9EJ5GN927287 —
87995743 May 27, 2026 TX L2 4V4NC9EJ5GN927287 OOS
87253124 Mar 5, 2026 TX L3 5E0AU1744GG722001 —
86636066 Dec 15, 2025 CA L2 5E0AU1744GG722001 —

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