Roadside Inspection 80495273

Roadside inspection on Dec 27, 2023 in Pennsylvania • Carrier: BUFFALO BIODIESEL INC (USDOT 1635582) • Vehicle: MACK STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80495273
Date:
Dec 27, 2023
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Reported location:
ON US220 BUS AT I99
Vehicle:
MACK MD STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
30650PF (NY)

What this inspection means

3 violations were recorded, but no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 7.

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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.30 violations per inspection across 23 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Pennsylvania
3
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 28,285 Level 3 inspections in Pennsylvania during 2023

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
3
3 more than the median (0)
Compared to 637,721 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 4.8%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2023
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
78%
23 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
3
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
11
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.09 per inspection
Prior 365 days
23
7 violations · 0 OOS · 0.30 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (1 violations across 11 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.30 per inspection).

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1M2MDBAB6PS072137 NY 30650PF MACK MD 2023

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8(f)(1) Driver’s record of duty status not current 5 Hours of Service
395.22(h)(2) Driver failing to maintain ELD instruction sheet 1 Hours of Service
395.22(h)(4) Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids 1 Hours of Service

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
80815816 Feb 8, 2024 PA L2 0
80792392 Feb 6, 2024 PA L2 0
80451592 Dec 20, 2023 PA L3 0
80364046 Dec 12, 2023 CT L1 0
80353075 Dec 5, 2023 NY L3 0
80242737 Nov 22, 2023 PA L1 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85847128 Sep 16, 2025 NY L2 1M2MDBAB6PS072137
84387209 Apr 7, 2025 NY L2 1M2MDBAB6PS072137
80029645 Oct 26, 2023 PA L2 1M2MDBAB6PS072137
79887659 Oct 10, 2023 PA L3 1M2MDBAB6PS072137

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