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Roadside Inspection 80932461

Roadside inspection on Feb 21, 2024 in California • Carrier: VIKING COMMODITY INC (USDOT 2890293) • Vehicle: KENWORTH STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
1
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80932461
Date:
Feb 21, 2024
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
WALNUT CREEK SCALES
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T3 Series STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
90649H3 (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 11.

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
4
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 2.06 violations per inspection across 16 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
4
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 198,681 Level 1 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at WALNUT CREEK SCALES
4
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 235 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
4
3 more than 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)
25%
16 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
1
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
5
5 violations · 1 OOS · 1.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
16
33 violations · 2 OOS · 2.06 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (5 violations across 5 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 2.06 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 393.9(a) (Inoperable required lamps, severity weight 3). (393.9(a))

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 2NKHHM6X3JM199393 CA 90649H3 KENWORTH T3 Series 2018 —

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75(b) Tire-front tread depth less than 4/32 of inch on a major tread groove 8 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps 3 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
392.2 Violation of Local Laws - Explain: — Unsafe Driving —
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
81223959 Mar 28, 2024 CA L2 WALNUT CREEK SCALES 1 —
81169243 Mar 19, 2024 CA L2 — 0 —
81119292 Mar 14, 2024 CA L1 GILROY IF 3 OOS
81119094 Mar 14, 2024 CA L1 GILROY IF 0 —
81042903 Mar 6, 2024 CA L2 S VASCO AT INDUSTRIAL 4 —
80818148 Feb 7, 2024 CA L2 — 2 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
79450236 Aug 18, 2023 CA L3 2NKHHM6X3JM199393 —
79402632 Jul 12, 2023 CA L1 2NKHHM6X3JM199393 —
78710682 May 19, 2023 CA L1 2NKHHM6X3JM199393 —

Carrier booking & risk tools

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