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Roadside Inspection 81098471

Roadside inspection on Mar 6, 2024 in California • Carrier: JS WEST AND COMPANY (USDOT 770347) • Vehicle: Freightliner STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L5
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
3
75% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 5

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81098471
Date:
Mar 6, 2024
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
501 9TH STREET
Carrier (USDOT):
JS WEST AND COMPANY (770347)
Vehicle:
Freightliner STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
9F37231 (CA)
VIN:
3AKBCXCY1GDHH528

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 16.

Compared to the median Level 5 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 0.13 violations per inspection across 52 prior records
vs Level 5 median in California
4
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 67,312 Level 5 inspections in California during 2024

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 5 median
4
4 more than the median (0)
Compared to 90,935 Level 5 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 4.4%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 5 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
87%
52 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
11
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.09 per inspection
Prior 365 days
52
7 violations · 1 OOS · 0.13 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 393.45(b)(2) (Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking, severity weight 4). (393.45(b)(2))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3AKBCXCY1GDHH528 CA 9F37231 Freightliner — — —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1C9K31000LF378005 CA 1UY7554 Liubb — — —

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.45(b)(2) Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.45(b)(2) Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.45(b)(2) Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.48(a) Inoperative/defective brakes 4 Vehicle Maintenance 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
81438506 Apr 24, 2024 CA L2 CAROL KENNEDY DR 0 —
81438489 Apr 24, 2024 CA L2 49 AT CAROL KENNEDY 0 —
81438410 Apr 24, 2024 CA L2 49 AT CAROL KENNEDY 1 —
81438240 Apr 24, 2024 CA L3 SR-49 AT CAROL KENNEDY 0 —
81437947 Apr 24, 2024 CA L2 SAN ANDREAS AREA 0 —
81414901 Apr 22, 2024 CA L2 174 AT PEARDALE 0 —

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