Roadside Inspection 82824528

Roadside inspection on Oct 3, 2024 in Alabama • Carrier: APAC-ALABAMA INC (USDOT 1753800) • Vehicle: MACK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver OOS CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
2
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82824528
Date:
Oct 3, 2024
State:
Alabama
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
ROADSIDE
Carrier (USDOT):
APAC-ALABAMA INC (1753800)
Vehicle:
MACK CHU (Pinnacle) TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3A04MTP (AL)

What this inspection means

Both the vehicle and the driver were placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 15.

Compared to the median Level 2 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 1.36 violations per inspection across 14 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Alabama
4
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 20,646 Level 2 inspections in Alabama during 2024
vs typical at ROADSIDE
4
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 25,971 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
4
3 more than the median (1)
Compared to 941,515 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
50%
10 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
3
0 violations · 0 OOS · 0.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
10
17 violations · 3 OOS · 1.70 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 393.100(b) (Leaking/spilling/blowing/falling cargo, severity weight 7). (393.100(b))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1M1AN07Y8DM015085 AL 3A04MTP MACK CHU (Pinnacle) 2013
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1E9V17737CE111311 AL 3A046DW ETNYRE
Ticket: Trailer
2012

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.100(b) Leaking/spilling/blowing/falling cargo 7 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.55(e) No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 4 Vehicle Maintenance
391.11(b)(4) Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has self-certified as excepted interstate or excepted intrastate with the state driver's licensing agency. 2 Driver Fitness OOS
393.95(a) No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher 2 Vehicle Maintenance

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
83070918 Nov 4, 2024 AL L2 ROADSIDE 1
82878064 Oct 10, 2024 AL L3 0
82445487 Aug 21, 2024 AL L3 ROADSIDE 0
82433928 Aug 19, 2024 AL L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85368535 Jul 30, 2025 AL L2 1E9V17737CE111311 OOS
83070918 Nov 4, 2024 AL L2 1M1AN07Y8DM015085
82445487 Aug 21, 2024 AL L3 1E9V17737CE111311
82445487 Aug 21, 2024 AL L3 1M1AN07Y8DM015085
81494793 May 1, 2024 AL L2 1M1AN07Y8DM015085 OOS

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