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Roadside Inspection 84447057

Roadside inspection on Apr 15, 2025 in South Carolina • Carrier: JH SEALE & SON INC (USDOT 2051129) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
2
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84447057
Date:
Apr 15, 2025
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
HARLEYVILLE SC
Carrier (USDOT):
JH SEALE & SON INC (2051129)
Operating authority:
MC772934
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P781012 (SC)

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 7.

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 0.75 violations per inspection across 137 prior records
vs Level 1 median in South Carolina
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 7,419 Level 1 inspections in South Carolina during 2025
vs typical at HARLEYVILLE SC
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,255 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)
51%
76 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
8
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
23
11 violations · 0 OOS · 0.48 per inspection
Prior 365 days
76
60 violations · 13 OOS · 0.79 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 393.45A-BHTBS (Air Brake - Hose/tubing with a bulge/swelling when air pressure is applied., severity weight 4). (393.45A-BHTBS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1FUJHTDV2PLUJ7626 SC P781012 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5HTAB4425H7082081 SC 20094PT HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL — 2017 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.45A-BHTBS Air Brake - Hose/tubing with a bulge/swelling when air pressure is applied. 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
396.3A1-F Fuel - Dripping leak. 3 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

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
84960174 Jun 12, 2025 SC L3 HARLEYVILLE SC 1 —
84944504 Jun 11, 2025 SC L2 FLORENCE SC 0 —
84881782 Jun 2, 2025 SC L2 DENMARK SC 1 —
84761173 May 20, 2025 SC L2 HARLEYVILLE SC 0 —
84709487 May 14, 2025 SC L2 LADSON SC 2 OOS
84611574 May 8, 2025 SC L2 FORT MILL SC 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87288167 Mar 10, 2026 SC L2 5HTAB4425H7082081 —
84389143 Apr 11, 2025 SC L1 5HTAB4425H7082081 —
84310449 Apr 3, 2025 SC L2 1FUJHTDV2PLUJ7626 —
84310449 Apr 3, 2025 SC L2 5HTAB4425H7082081 —
83563150 Jan 9, 2025 SC L2 5HTAB4425H7082081 —
81010425 Feb 27, 2024 GA L2 1FUJHTDV2PLUJ7626 —
81010425 Feb 27, 2024 GA L2 5HTAB4425H7082081 —
79906862 Oct 13, 2023 SC L3 5HTAB4425H7082081 —

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