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Roadside Inspection 88546988

Roadside inspection on Jul 28, 2026 in Iowa • Carrier: EM LOGISTICS LLC (USDOT 4310510) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
1
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88546988
Date:
Jul 28, 2026
State:
Iowa
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
IA
Carrier (USDOT):
EM LOGISTICS LLC (4310510)
Operating authority:
MC1680017
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL MA025 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
QRV983 (IA)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and General/Admin, with a combined severity weight of 14.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2026, 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
4
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.29 violations per inspection across 21 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Iowa
4
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 3,090 Level 1 inspections in Iowa during 2026
vs typical at IA
4
Heavier than station median (2)
Median of 36 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
4
3 more than the median (1)
Compared to 454,621 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
37%
19 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
2
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
5
3 violations · 0 OOS · 0.60 per inspection
Prior 365 days
19
26 violations · 4 OOS · 1.37 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (3 violations across 5 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.29 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 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 IA QRV983 INTERNATIONAL MA025 2015 —

Violations Cited

4 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
393.55B-B Hydraulic Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck/bus manufactured on or after March 1, 1999. 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.11A1-LLPL Lighting - License plate lamp missing. 2 Vehicle Maintenance —
390.21TB1-MC Operating a CMV without legal name or trade name displayed. — General/Admin —

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
89065790 Sep 22, 2026 CA L1 VICTORVILLE AREA 3 —
89017438 Sep 17, 2026 OR L3 WOODBURN OR 1 —
89001410 Sep 12, 2026 WA L3 RIDGEFIELD WA 0 —
88707390 Aug 14, 2026 CA L2 COTTONWOOD IF 2 —
88314297 Jul 2, 2026 CA L1 COTTONWOOD IF 0 —
88292752 Jun 29, 2026 MT L3 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87537402 Apr 8, 2026 IA L3 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 —
87512068 Apr 2, 2026 IA L3 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 —
86791942 Jan 13, 2026 IA L1 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 —
86385618 Nov 20, 2025 IA L1 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 —
85420681 Aug 1, 2025 IA L2 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 —
84257199 Mar 26, 2025 IA L1 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 OOS
83566503 Jan 8, 2025 IA L2 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 —
82072588 Jul 8, 2024 IA L2 3HAMMMMM8FL182208 —

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