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Roadside Inspection 83573163

Roadside inspection on Jan 9, 2025 in South Carolina • Carrier: DS UTILITIES INC (USDOT 1992454) • Vehicle: KENWORTH STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83573163
Date:
Jan 9, 2025
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
GILBERT SC
Carrier (USDOT):
DS UTILITIES INC (1992454)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T880 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
P891140 (SC)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 12.

Compared to the median Level 2 inspection nationwide in 2025, 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 Level 2 median in South Carolina
2
On par with median (2)
Median of 13,173 Level 2 inspections in South Carolina during 2025
vs typical at GILBERT SC
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 61 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
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 1,039,543 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2025
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 393.100B-C (Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV., severity weight 7). (393.100B-C)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1NKZXPEX7SJ124585 SC P891140 KENWORTH T880 2025 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.100B-C Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV. 7 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
392.2-RRTCD Railroad Crossing - Failed to obey a traffic control device or the direction of an enforcement offical at a railroad-highway crossing 5 Unsafe Driving —

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
83764335 Feb 3, 2025 SC L3 GILBERT SC 0 —
83376062 Dec 12, 2024 SC L2 LEESVILLE SC 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89060737 Sep 21, 2026 SC L2 1NKZXPEX7SJ124585 —
83764335 Feb 3, 2025 SC L3 1NKZXPEX7SJ124585 —
83376062 Dec 12, 2024 SC L2 1NKZXPEX7SJ124585 —

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