Roadside Inspection 88297110

Roadside inspection on Jun 29, 2026 in Illinois • Carrier: MERRILL IRON & STEEL SERVICES LLC (USDOT 682490)

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3

Units Inspected

Total Violations

OOS Violations

Inspection Level

Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:: 88297110
Date:: Jun 29, 2026
State:: Illinois
Level:: Level III — Driver Only
Type:: —
Units inspected:: 0
Violations:: 0
HazMat:: No
Inspection site:: I-70
Carrier (USDOT):: MERRILL IRON & STEEL SERVICES LLC (682490)
Operating authority:: MC312447

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a clean and typical result.

Severity context

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

vs this carrier's typical

On par with carrier average

Carrier averages 0.47 violations per inspection across 51 prior records

vs Level 3 median in Illinois

On par with median (0)

Median of 25,899 Level 3 inspections in Illinois during 2026

vs typical at I-70

On par with station median (0)

Median of 1,248 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

Same as the median (0)

Compared to 631,464 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2026

OOS at this inspection

Cohort OOS rate: 7.6%

Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2026

Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)

69%

13 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 violations · 0 OOS

Prior 90 days

1 violations · 1 OOS · 0.20 per inspection

Prior 365 days

4 violations · 1 OOS · 0.31 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (1 violations across 5 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.47 per inspection).

No violations cited during this inspection.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection	Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS
88680430	Aug 12, 2026	MO	L2	—	0	—
88493179	Jul 20, 2026	WI	L1	—	0	—
88185131	Jun 16, 2026	IL	L3	—	0	—
88047063	Jun 2, 2026	IL	L3	—	0	—
87854899	May 13, 2026	OH	L2	—	0	—
87823570	May 12, 2026	MI	L2	—	1	OOS

Related records

Carrier

MERRILL IRON & STEEL SERVICES LLC

Full carrier record and safety profile.

Authority

MC312447

Operating authority / MC docket detail.

Station

I-70

All inspections at this site.

State

Inspections in Illinois

Statewide inspection records.

Level

Level III — Driver Only

All inspections at this CVSA level.

Reference

FMCSR Violations

Violation-code reference library.

Recent activity at I-70

Other carriers inspected here recently.

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89112147	Sep 25, 2026	GATEWAY LOGISTICS INC	0	—
89112146	Sep 25, 2026	COKER FAMILY INC	0	—
89111916	Sep 25, 2026	GVNL TRANSPORT LLC	5	OOS