Roadside Inspection 85503213

Roadside inspection on Aug 14, 2025 in South Carolina • Carrier: MACHINE & WELDING SUPPLY COMPANY (USDOT 108607) • Vehicle: KENWORTH STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85503213
Date:
Aug 14, 2025
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
FORT MILL SC
Vehicle:
KENWORTH C500 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
TE1258 (NC)

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 8.

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
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.37 violations per inspection across 617 prior records
vs Level 1 median in South Carolina
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 7,419 Level 1 inspections in South Carolina during 2025
vs typical at FORT MILL SC
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 1,658 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)
78%
293 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
13
3 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
67
15 violations · 3 OOS · 0.22 per inspection
Prior 365 days
293
107 violations · 18 OOS · 0.37 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 2NK5LJ9XXPM243247 NC TE1258 KENWORTH C500 1993

Violations Cited

1 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

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
86057461 Oct 13, 2025 NC L1 3
86031878 Oct 10, 2025 NC L3 I-77 SOUTH SURRY COUNTY 0
86026859 Oct 9, 2025 GA L1 MOULTRIE GA 1
86009426 Oct 8, 2025 FL L2 YULEE FL 1
86004238 Oct 8, 2025 NC L1 0
86004005 Oct 8, 2025 NC L2 SHOULDER 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
83535427 Jan 2, 2025 SC L2 2NK5LJ9XXPM243247
81923482 Jun 20, 2024 SC L2 2NK5LJ9XXPM243247

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