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Roadside Inspection 89096619

Roadside inspection on Sep 24, 2026 in Alabama • Carrier: PINE BELT TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 1255641) • Vehicle: RAM TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89096619
Date:
Sep 24, 2026
State:
Alabama
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
HEFLIN AL
Operating authority:
MC491585
Vehicle:
RAM 5500 TRUCK TRACTOR
Ticket make:
Dodge
Plate:
A562473 (MS)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 9.

Compared to the median Level 2 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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.52 violations per inspection across 193 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Alabama
2
On par with median (2)
Median of 14,652 Level 2 inspections in Alabama during 2026
vs typical at HEFLIN AL
2
Cleaner than station median (3)
Median of 1,608 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 615,797 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 29.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
85%
55 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
6
2 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
8
2 violations · 2 OOS · 0.25 per inspection
Prior 365 days
55
20 violations · 5 OOS · 0.36 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (2 violations across 8 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.52 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

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3C7WRNFLXTG250105 MS A562473 RAM
Ticket: Dodge
5500 2026 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1Z9KC5020TH489547 MS 166229A INFINITY TRAILERS Infinity Trailers 2026 —

Violations Cited

2 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
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
89123079 Sep 28, 2026 MS L1 LOWNDES COUNTY MS 0 —
89068311 Sep 21, 2026 TN L1 STANTON TN 1 OOS
89013786 Sep 16, 2026 MS L1 KEWANEE SCALE I-59 & I-20 EAST 0 —
89013659 Sep 16, 2026 MS L1 KEWANEE SCALE I-59 & I-20 EAST 0 —
88949525 Sep 8, 2026 AL L1 LEEDS AL 1 OOS
88895197 Sep 3, 2026 MS L1 ITTAWAMBA COUNTY MS 0 —

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