Roadside Inspection 80770927

Roadside inspection on Feb 2, 2024 in California • Carrier: VALLEY IRON INC (USDOT 2671583) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80770927
Date:
Feb 2, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF
Carrier (USDOT):
VALLEY IRON INC (2671583)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T680 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
9F95922 (CA)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

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

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2024, 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.50 violations per inspection across 44 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 198,681 Level 1 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 16,279 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
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 713,681 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 25.7%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
68%
44 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
10
5 violations · 0 OOS · 0.50 per inspection
Prior 365 days
44
22 violations · 3 OOS · 0.50 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 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882 CA 9F95922 KENWORTH T680 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 13N1482C7N1548136 CA 4VD7517 FONTAINE TRAILER CO. Fontaine Trailer Co. 2022

Violations Cited

1 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

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
81145922 Mar 18, 2024 CA L1 GILROY IF 0
81079354 Mar 8, 2024 CA L1 GILROY IF 0
81020930 Mar 4, 2024 CA L2 FRUITRIDGE RD 0
81003303 Feb 29, 2024 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
80992984 Feb 28, 2024 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
80966412 Feb 22, 2024 CA L1 GILROY IF 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87267661 Mar 10, 2026 CA L2 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882 OOS
86462903 Dec 2, 2025 CA L1 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882
84568748 Apr 30, 2025 CA L1 13N1482C7N1548136
84310049 Apr 2, 2025 CA L3 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882
83312104 Dec 2, 2024 CA L1 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882
80992984 Feb 28, 2024 CA L1 13N1482C7N1548136
80771789 Feb 2, 2024 CA L3 13N1482C7N1548136
80771789 Feb 2, 2024 CA L3 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882

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