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Roadside Inspection 85824606

Roadside inspection on Sep 18, 2025 in West Virginia • Carrier: MERRITT & SONS LLC (USDOT 2945205) • Vehicle: FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85824606
Date:
Sep 18, 2025
State:
West Virginia
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LESAGE WV
Carrier (USDOT):
MERRITT & SONS LLC (2945205)
Vehicle:
FORD F-350 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
35Z714 (WV)

What this inspection means

One violation was recorded; no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 7.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2025, this is a slightly above typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs Level 3 median in West Virginia
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 5,951 Level 3 inspections in West Virginia during 2025
vs typical at LESAGE WV
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 89 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
1
1 more than the median (0)
Compared to 1,066,282 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 6.5%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2025

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1FDRF3H66FED45928 WV 35Z714 FORD F-350 2015 —

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2-SLLS3 State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit. 7 Unsafe Driving —

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
86138489 Oct 22, 2025 WV L1 HURRICANE WV 2 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
83724444 Jan 27, 2025 WV L2 1FDRF3H66FED45928 —
80486761 Dec 28, 2023 WV L2 1FDRF3H66FED45928 OOS
80069443 Nov 1, 2023 WV L1 1FDRF3H66FED45928 —

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