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Roadside Inspection 84089294

Roadside inspection on Mar 11, 2025 in Maryland • Carrier: WATKINS FUEL COMPANY INC (USDOT 421037) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84089294
Date:
Mar 11, 2025
State:
Maryland
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
I-70 NEW MARKET SCALE HOUSE
Operating authority:
MC348854
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER M2 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
455E18 (MD)

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 12.

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 this carrier's typical
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.53 violations per inspection across 19 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Maryland
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 20,808 Level 1 inspections in Maryland during 2025
vs typical at I-70 NEW MARKET SCALE HOUSE
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 3,491 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
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
55%
11 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
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
4
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.25 per inspection
Prior 365 days
11
6 violations · 1 OOS · 0.55 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

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1FVHCYFE5NHNK6908 MD 455E18 FREIGHTLINER M2 2022 —

Violations Cited

2 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
393.45D-B Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection. 4 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
84438935 Apr 18, 2025 DC L2 WASHINGTON DC 0 —
84155774 Mar 18, 2025 MD L2 — 0 —
83929223 Feb 21, 2025 MD L2 — 0 —
83656832 Jan 20, 2025 MD L2 — 0 —
83656598 Jan 20, 2025 MD L2 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86527178 Dec 9, 2025 DC L2 1FVHCYFE5NHNK6908 —
85977188 Oct 6, 2025 DC L2 1FVHCYFE5NHNK6908 —
83656598 Jan 20, 2025 MD L2 1FVHCYFE5NHNK6908 —
81541956 May 7, 2024 MD L2 1FVHCYFE5NHNK6908 OOS
80522634 Jan 3, 2024 MD L2 1FVHCYFE5NHNK6908 —

Carrier booking & risk tools

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