Roadside Inspection 82490071

Roadside inspection on Aug 24, 2024 in California • Carrier: Z A CONSTRUCTION LLC (USDOT 2255283) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82490071
Date:
Aug 24, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
DONNER PASS IF
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T800 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
A526990 (MS)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 0.

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
3
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 2.52 violations per inspection across 64 prior records
vs Level 3 median in California
3
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 74,469 Level 3 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at DONNER PASS IF
3
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 5,495 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
3
3 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)
27%
51 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
6
10 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
14
16 violations · 4 OOS · 1.14 per inspection
Prior 365 days
51
120 violations · 16 OOS · 2.35 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (16 violations across 14 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 2.52 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(e)(1) (Making, or permitting a driver to make, a false report regarding duty status, severity weight 0). (395.8(e)(1))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKDD40X4NR154874 MS A526990 KENWORTH T800 1992
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1TTE532S4L3226864 MS 132090A TRANSCRAFT/WABASH
Ticket: Trail-Eze
Steel Flatbed 2020

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2 Violation of Local Laws - Explain: Unsafe Driving
392.2 Violation of Local Laws - Explain: Unsafe Driving
395.8(e)(1) Making, or permitting a driver to make, a false report regarding duty status 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
82950778 Oct 19, 2024 AR L3 BONO AR 0
82875175 Oct 8, 2024 CO L1 LOMA CO 4 OOS
82851116 Oct 4, 2024 CA L1 CORDELIA IF 0
82849017 Oct 4, 2024 NV L3 ELKO 3
82809422 Sep 30, 2024 CA L1 COTTONWOOD IF 1
82768997 Sep 25, 2024 TX L2 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87127160 Feb 19, 2026 MS L2 1XKDD40X4NR154874
86597688 Dec 16, 2025 FL L3 1XKDD40X4NR154874
84699412 May 15, 2025 IL L1 1XKDD40X4NR154874
82875175 Oct 8, 2024 CO L1 1XKDD40X4NR154874 OOS
82849017 Oct 4, 2024 NV L3 1XKDD40X4NR154874
82579941 Sep 3, 2024 TN L3 1XKDD40X4NR154874 OOS
82579941 Sep 3, 2024 TN L3 1TTE532S4L3226864 OOS
81444460 Apr 25, 2024 AL L2 1XKDD40X4NR154874 OOS

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