Roadside Inspection 85094337

Roadside inspection on Jun 27, 2025 in California • Carrier: VALLEY IRON INC (USDOT 2671583) • Vehicle: KENWORTH STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver OOS CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
2
67% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85094337
Date:
Jun 27, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
NIMITZ IF
Carrier (USDOT):
VALLEY IRON INC (2671583)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T3 Series STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
23906E2 (CA)

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 5.

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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.70 violations per inspection across 133 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
3
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 175,608 Level 1 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at NIMITZ IF
3
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 9,918 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
3
2 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)
60%
57 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
4
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
12
7 violations · 0 OOS · 0.58 per inspection
Prior 365 days
57
54 violations · 9 OOS · 0.95 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 391.11B4 (Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has self-certified as excepted interstate or excepted intrastate with the state driver's licensing agency., severity weight 2). (391.11B4)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 2NKHHM6X7JM210640 CA 23906E2 KENWORTH T3 Series 2018

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
391.11B4 Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has self-certified as excepted interstate or excepted intrastate with the state driver's licensing agency. 2 Driver Fitness OOS
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured. 2 Vehicle Maintenance
393.100C-C Cargo - Cargo not secured against shifting. 1 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
85546450 Aug 19, 2025 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
85484618 Aug 12, 2025 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 1
85485203 Jul 31, 2025 CA L1 CORDELIA IF 0
85434144 Jul 30, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 0
85433559 Jul 30, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 3 OOS
85352717 Jul 22, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 4 OOS

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