Roadside Inspection 84416183

Roadside inspection on Apr 16, 2025 in Massachusetts • Carrier: NELSONS HARDSCAPE AND TREE SERVICE INC (USDOT 4093969) • Vehicle: ISUZU STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver OOS CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
13
OOS Violations
2
15% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84416183
Date:
Apr 16, 2025
State:
Massachusetts
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
13
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
H-ROWLEY
Vehicle:
ISUZU NPR STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
W47116 (MA)

What this inspection means

Both the vehicle and the driver were placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 65.

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 Massachusetts
13
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 5,370 Level 2 inspections in Massachusetts during 2025
vs typical at H-ROWLEY
13
Heavier than station median (2)
Median of 622 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
13
12 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 391.11B5-LNCDLNVL (License (Non-CDL) - Operate a CMV without a valid operators license, issued by one State or jurisdiction., severity weight 8). (391.11B5-LNCDLNVL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK JALB4W177G7F00154 MA W47116 ISUZU NPR 2016
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1VRY11194F1022766 VERMEER
Ticket: Vern
BC1000 2015

Violations Cited

13 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
391.11A-QMC Qualifications - Having operated or authorized a person to operate a CMV without being qualified. 8 Driver Fitness
391.11B5-LNCDLNVL License (Non-CDL) - Operate a CMV without a valid operators license, issued by one State or jurisdiction. 8 Driver Fitness OOS
392.2-SLL State/Local Laws - 8 Unsafe Driving
392.2-SLL State/Local Laws - 8 Unsafe Driving
392.2-SLLSR State/Local Laws - State registration/tag violation. 8 Unsafe Driving
393.9A-LSLI Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
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
393.43DBMA Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle. 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
396.17C-PI Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
396.17C-PI Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LCL Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative. 2 Vehicle Maintenance
391.41A-MCPC Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without possessing a valid medical certificate. 1 Driver Fitness
390.21TB2-DOT Operate a CMV without USDOT number displayed. Must be preceded by the letters "USDOT". General/Admin

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
84921975 Jun 11, 2025 MA L1 H-BURLINGTON 10 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88629084 Aug 6, 2026 MA L2 JALB4W177G7F00154 OOS
85905685 Sep 29, 2025 MA L2 JALB4W177G7F00154 OOS

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