Roadside Inspection 88832238

Roadside inspection on Aug 26, 2026 in Pennsylvania • Carrier: BLUE FLAME LLC (USDOT 3020795) • Vehicle: KENWORTH STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88832238
Date:
Aug 26, 2026
State:
Pennsylvania
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
HELLERTOWN PA
Carrier (USDOT):
BLUE FLAME LLC (3020795)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T300 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
CL107863 (DE)

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 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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.92 violations per inspection across 177 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Pennsylvania
3
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 13,057 Level 1 inspections in Pennsylvania during 2026
vs typical at HELLERTOWN PA
3
On par with station median (3.5)
Median of 64 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
3
2 more than the median (1)
Compared to 413,791 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)
53%
51 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
8
6 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
21
16 violations · 2 OOS · 0.76 per inspection
Prior 365 days
51
53 violations · 8 OOS · 1.04 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 2NKMHD7X62M895700 DE CL107863 KENWORTH T300 2002

Violations Cited

3 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
396.5B-L Lubrication - Oil or grease leak. 3 Vehicle Maintenance
396.5B-L Lubrication - Oil or grease leak. 3 Vehicle Maintenance

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
88830846 Aug 26, 2026 MD L3 VIENNA MD 1
88823046 Aug 26, 2026 MD L1 WARWICK MD 0
88790541 Aug 25, 2026 NJ L2 NJ 2
88762771 Aug 21, 2026 NJ L2 0
88734617 Aug 17, 2026 NJ L2 VINELAND BOE 0
88734571 Aug 17, 2026 NJ L2 VINELAND BOE 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88096673 Jun 10, 2026 NJ L2 2NKMHD7X62M895700
85889036 Sep 25, 2025 NJ L2 2NKMHD7X62M895700
85744053 Sep 10, 2025 PA L1 2NKMHD7X62M895700
83307298 Dec 3, 2024 NJ L2 2NKMHD7X62M895700

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