Roadside Inspection 82173560

Roadside inspection on Jul 22, 2024 in Arkansas • Carrier: MIDSOUTH SALES LLC (USDOT 63481) • Vehicle: PETERBILT STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82173560
Date:
Jul 22, 2024
State:
Arkansas
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
BENTON AR
Carrier (USDOT):
MIDSOUTH SALES LLC (63481)
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 567 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
K829059 (AR)

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 8.

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 1.43 violations per inspection across 30 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Arkansas
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 6,394 Level 1 inspections in Arkansas during 2024
vs typical at BENTON AR
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 253 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)
38%
21 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
5
6 violations · 1 OOS · 1.20 per inspection
Prior 365 days
21
38 violations · 6 OOS · 1.81 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 383.23(a)(2) (Operating a CMV without a CDL, severity weight 8). (383.23(a)(2))

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1NPCX4EX5RD679459 AR K829059 PETERBILT 567 2024

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
383.23(a)(2) Operating a CMV without a CDL 8 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
82727133 Sep 19, 2024 AR L2 MARION AR 5 OOS
82701192 Sep 17, 2024 AR L2 WEST MEMPHIS AR 0
82594798 Sep 6, 2024 AR L2 WEST MEMPHIS AR 0
82517331 Aug 26, 2024 AR L1 PRATTSVILLE AR 0
82474387 Aug 21, 2024 AR L2 WEST MEMPHIS AR 2 OOS
82207915 Jul 24, 2024 AR L1 MARION AR 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
80824633 Feb 11, 2024 MD L2 1NPCX4EX5RD679459
80385395 Dec 14, 2023 SD L1 1NPCX4EX5RD679459 OOS

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