Roadside Inspection 83847460

Roadside inspection on Feb 11, 2025 in Louisiana • Carrier: BLADES CARGO LLC (USDOT 4320526) • Vehicle: RAM STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83847460
Date:
Feb 11, 2025
State:
Louisiana
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
HAMMOND LA
Carrier (USDOT):
BLADES CARGO LLC (4320526)
Vehicle:
RAM 3500 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Ticket make:
Dodge
Plate:
N1G941 (KY)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 9.

Compared to the median Level 1 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 1 median in Louisiana
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 6,015 Level 1 inspections in Louisiana during 2025
vs typical at HAMMOND LA
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 460 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 760,406 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 27.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 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 395.8A1-HOSP (HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed., severity weight 5). (395.8A1-HOSP)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3C63RRHL9NG302760 KY N1G941 RAM
Ticket: Dodge
3500 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 7WL3H4026RT001352 KY N1Y340 TRAIL MAXX
Ticket: Unknown
Trail Maxx 2024

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.8A1-HOSP HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed. 5 Hours of Service OOS
391.11B2-Q Driver cannot read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and record. 4 Driver Fitness

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
83963402 Feb 24, 2025 TN L1 SOUTH PITTSBURG TN 0
83690302 Jan 23, 2025 KY L1 WADDY 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87498836 Apr 4, 2026 GA L1 3C63RRHL9NG302760 OOS
87498836 Apr 4, 2026 GA L1 7WL3H4026RT001352 OOS
86250797 Nov 4, 2025 TN L1 7WL3H4026RT001352 OOS
86250797 Nov 4, 2025 TN L1 3C63RRHL9NG302760 OOS
85831028 Sep 18, 2025 TN L1 3C63RRHL9NG302760 OOS
85831028 Sep 18, 2025 TN L1 7WL3H4026RT001352 OOS
84682828 May 13, 2025 IL L1 3C63RRHL9NG302760
84682828 May 13, 2025 IL L1 7WL3H4026RT001352

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