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Roadside Inspection 81117239

Roadside inspection on Mar 14, 2024 in Minnesota • Carrier: PL TRANS INC (USDOT 3724904) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81117239
Date:
Mar 14, 2024
State:
Minnesota
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
RED RIVER WEIGH STATION
Carrier (USDOT):
PL TRANS INC (3724904)
Operating authority:
MC1312592
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P1080965 (IL)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 5.

Compared to the median Level 3 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 1.19 violations per inspection across 709 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Minnesota
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 17,979 Level 3 inspections in Minnesota during 2024
vs typical at RED RIVER WEIGH STATION
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 2,310 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
1
1 more than the median (0)
Compared to 938,340 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 4.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
40%
709 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
94
114 violations · 20 OOS
Prior 90 days
247
252 violations · 41 OOS · 1.02 per inspection
Prior 365 days
709
843 violations · 139 OOS · 1.19 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 395.8(k)(2) (Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status, severity weight 5). (395.8(k)(2))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR1PSNV1550 IL P1080965 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532C1MR748040 TN 141121T HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2021 —

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8(k)(2) Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status 5 Hours of Service 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
81461397 Apr 27, 2024 MO L1 PLATTE CITY MO 2 OOS
81452833 Apr 25, 2024 UT L3 ECHO UT 0 —
81442340 Apr 24, 2024 MT L2 BROADUS WEIGH STATION 1 —
81395124 Apr 18, 2024 KS L3 — 2 —
81351544 Apr 13, 2024 SC L3 I-26 EB ROADSIDE 1 —
81335312 Apr 12, 2024 AR L2 VAN BUREN AR 2 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88451284 Jul 17, 2026 NM L2 3AKJHHDR1PSNV1550 —
87878850 May 15, 2026 CO L3 3AKJHHDR1PSNV1550 —
87455737 Mar 30, 2026 CO L2 3AKJHHDR1PSNV1550 —
86764084 Jan 9, 2026 MO L1 3H3V532C1MR748040 OOS
86456448 Dec 1, 2025 US L1 3H3V532C1MR748040 —
86456448 Dec 1, 2025 US L1 3H3V532C1MR748040 —
85964796 Oct 6, 2025 AL L2 3H3V532C1MR748040 —
85964796 Oct 6, 2025 AL L2 3H3V532C1MR748040 —

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