Roadside Inspection 83601899

Roadside inspection on Jan 13, 2025 in Pennsylvania • Carrier: WHITTENDALE EXCAVATING CORP (USDOT 594244) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
5
OOS Violations
2
40% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83601899
Date:
Jan 13, 2025
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
5
HazMat:
No
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T880 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
AW341U (NJ)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 27.

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 this carrier's typical
5
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.85 violations per inspection across 20 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Pennsylvania
5
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 21,488 Level 2 inspections in Pennsylvania during 2025

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
5
4 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
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
17%
12 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
1
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
1
1 violations · 0 OOS · 1.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
12
16 violations · 0 OOS · 1.33 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 393.100B-C (Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV., severity weight 7). (393.100B-C)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKZP4TX6LJ427804 NJ AW341U KENWORTH T880 2020
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1E9302069BE111214 NJ TLN74B ETNYRE 2011

Violations Cited

5 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
393.130B-CHVE Heavy Vehicles/Equipment - Improper securement of accessory equipment or articulated vehicles. 7 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9A-LHLI Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
395.8F1-HOSM HOS (Manner) - Driver's record of duty status not current to the time shown for last change of duty status. Date and Time: 5 Hours of Service
393.9A-LIL Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative. 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
83573898 Jan 9, 2025 PA L3 PHILADELPHIA PA 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88764901 Aug 20, 2026 MD L2 1XKZP4TX6LJ427804 OOS
86093510 Oct 17, 2025 NJ L2 1XKZP4TX6LJ427804
81839930 Jun 10, 2024 NJ L2 1XKZP4TX6LJ427804

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