Roadside Inspection 88720756

Roadside inspection on Aug 15, 2026 in Alabama • Carrier: DH TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2134984) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88720756
Date:
Aug 15, 2026
State:
Alabama
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
COTTONDALE AL
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
C879FL (GA)

What this inspection means

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

Cited issues fall mainly under Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 1.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2026, 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 this carrier's typical
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.21 violations per inspection across 241 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Alabama
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 12,476 Level 3 inspections in Alabama during 2026
vs typical at COTTONDALE AL
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 1,365 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 558,822 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 7.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
56%
75 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
3
3 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
13
14 violations · 3 OOS · 1.08 per inspection
Prior 365 days
75
68 violations · 10 OOS · 0.91 per inspection

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHHDR1PSUJ9520 GA C879FL FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532KXVS003143 ME 5662598 HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2027

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
395.22H4-ELDBRODS HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids sufficient to record the driver's duty status and other related information for a minimum of 8 days. 1 Hours of Service

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
88791028 Aug 25, 2026 MS L1 BOVINA SCALE I-20 EAST MS 6 OOS
88801458 Aug 24, 2026 LA L3 SHREVEPORT LA 1
88791049 Aug 24, 2026 AL L2 VESTAVIA HILLS AL 1
88762020 Aug 21, 2026 MS L3 0
88756936 Aug 21, 2026 MS L3 0
88753662 Aug 20, 2026 LA L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86563564 Dec 9, 2025 IN L3 3AKJHHDR1PSUJ9520
80905256 Feb 20, 2024 OH L2 3AKJHHDR1PSUJ9520
79474992 Aug 21, 2023 SD L1 3AKJHHDR1PSUJ9520

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