Roadside Inspection 83358639

Roadside inspection on Dec 11, 2024 in Connecticut • Carrier: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION (USDOT 86876) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83358639
Date:
Dec 11, 2024
State:
Connecticut
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
UNION SCALE
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3285972 (IN)

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 8.

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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.74 violations per inspection across 8,367 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Connecticut
1
Cleaner than median (2)
Median of 5,681 Level 2 inspections in Connecticut during 2024
vs typical at UNION SCALE
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 2,832 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
1
Same as 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)
57%
6961 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
1030
937 violations · 111 OOS
Prior 90 days
2661
2174 violations · 301 OOS · 0.82 per inspection
Prior 365 days
6961
5536 violations · 754 OOS · 0.80 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 393.75A3-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR0PSNS3738 IN 3285972 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1KKVD28148L227162 IN 7190888 KENTUCKY Drop Trailer 2008

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 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
83853137 Feb 9, 2025 CA L3 0
83852834 Feb 9, 2025 CA L2 GCVEF 0
83843420 Feb 9, 2025 CA L1 RAINBOW IF 0
83835677 Feb 9, 2025 AR L3 PLUMERVILLE AR 1
83833665 Feb 9, 2025 TN L1 JACKSON TN 1
83832147 Feb 9, 2025 CA L3 DONNER PASS IF 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84976207 Jun 16, 2025 PA L3 3AKJHHDR0PSNS3738
82745844 Sep 19, 2024 NM L2 3AKJHHDR0PSNS3738
82694675 Sep 17, 2024 OH L2 3AKJHHDR0PSNS3738

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