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Roadside Inspection 85796632

Roadside inspection on Sep 11, 2025 in Maryland • Carrier: ABSOLUTE UNDERGROUND INC (USDOT 1093843) • Vehicle: FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85796632
Date:
Sep 11, 2025
State:
Maryland
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
FREDERICK MD
Vehicle:
FORD F-550 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
5EL0401 (MD)

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 12.

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 1.25 violations per inspection across 20 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Maryland
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 20,808 Level 1 inspections in Maryland during 2025
vs typical at FREDERICK MD
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 2,452 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)
63%
8 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
2 violations · 0 OOS · 1.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
8
5 violations · 0 OOS · 0.63 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 393.9A-LTSI (Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle., severity weight 6). (393.9A-LTSI)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1FDUF5HT1LDA04630 MD 5EL0401 FORD F-550 2020 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5HZBF1624HLEH1214 MD 224265X VAC-TRON EQUIPMENT Vac-Tron Equipment 2017 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LSLI Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.9A-LTSI Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. 6 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
86204698 Oct 27, 2025 MD L3 COLLEGE PARK MD 0 —
86154556 Oct 22, 2025 MD L2 FREDERICK MD 0 —
86135943 Oct 22, 2025 MD L1 SYKESVILLE MD 1 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84794894 May 27, 2025 MD L2 5HZBF1624HLEH1214 OOS
83413600 Dec 16, 2024 MD L2 1FDUF5HT1LDA04630 —
80599551 Jan 12, 2024 MD L1 1FDUF5HT1LDA04630 —
80522745 Jan 3, 2024 MD L1 1FDUF5HT1LDA04630 OOS
80522624 Jan 3, 2024 MD L1 1FDUF5HT1LDA04630 OOS

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