Roadside Inspection 84684545

Roadside inspection on May 14, 2025 in Pennsylvania • Carrier: K&R UTILITIES LLC (USDOT 3315961) • Vehicle: RAM STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84684545
Date:
May 14, 2025
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Carrier (USDOT):
K&R UTILITIES LLC (3315961)
Vehicle:
RAM 4500 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
17881NE (NY)

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 4.

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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.20 violations per inspection across 15 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Pennsylvania
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 20,692 Level 1 inspections in Pennsylvania during 2025
vs typical at SR 79 NB AT BRIDGEVILLE REST A
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 1,001 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
1
Same as 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)
50%
6 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
2
0 violations · 0 OOS · 0.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
6
7 violations · 1 OOS · 1.17 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 393.43DBMA (Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle., severity weight 4). (393.43DBMA)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3C7WRLFL2PG639315 NY 17881NE RAM 4500 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 7K7US2029PM000037 FL DVR0547 MORAN WELDING
Ticket: Brok
Moran Welding 2023

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.43DBMA Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle. 4 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
84317039 Apr 3, 2025 MI L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
81608966 May 14, 2024 NY L1 3C7WRLFL2PG639315

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