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Roadside Inspection 83963792

Roadside inspection on Feb 24, 2025 in Tennessee • Carrier: STEPHENS PIPE & STEEL LLC (USDOT 280534) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83963792
Date:
Feb 24, 2025
State:
Tennessee
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
KINGSPORT TN
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T880 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
004242A (KY)

What this inspection means

One violation was recorded; no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 4.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2025, this is a slightly above 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 0.88 violations per inspection across 340 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Tennessee
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 37,799 Level 3 inspections in Tennessee during 2025
vs typical at KINGSPORT TN
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 221 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
1
1 more than the median (0)
Compared to 1,066,282 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 6.5%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
58%
173 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
10
5 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
40
36 violations · 6 OOS · 0.90 per inspection
Prior 365 days
173
148 violations · 22 OOS · 0.86 per inspection

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKZD49X1SJ132981 KY 004242A KENWORTH T880 2025 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1TT482C8F3880218 KY 59259T Transcraft — — —

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2-SLLS2 State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit. 4 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
84537892 Apr 24, 2025 TN L1 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCALES WB 1 OOS
84534175 Apr 24, 2025 TN L1 ARDMORE TN 1 OOS
84484129 Apr 24, 2025 MD L2 DAVIDSONVILLE MD 0 —
84535232 Apr 23, 2025 TN L2 — 1 OOS
84534570 Apr 23, 2025 SC L3 TRAVELERS REST SC 1 —
84527146 Apr 23, 2025 TN L1 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84715889 May 19, 2025 KY L3 1XKZD49X1SJ132981 —
82604046 Sep 8, 2024 MO L1 1XKZD49X1SJ132981 —
81527103 Apr 30, 2024 FL L3 1XKZD49X1SJ132981 —

Carrier booking & risk tools

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