Carrier profile · USDOT 15877 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ben Hill Griffin Inc

DBA GRIFFIN FERTILIZER COMPANY

26 power unitsavg 8.7 yrLocal · 1 statesFROSTPROOF, FL50/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

14.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 14.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 26-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 26
Inspections · 24 mo: 4
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

3.8measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 8 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2020	1	0	1	1
2019	3	0	1	3
2016	2	1	2	2
2015	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1	0
2007	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	1	0	0	1
2000	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1	1
1997	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 17, 2020	FL	0	1	Yes
Nov 13, 2019	FL	0	1	Yes
Mar 27, 2019	FL	0	0	Yes
Mar 10, 2019	FL	0	0	Yes
May 17, 2016	FL	0	1	Yes
Mar 18, 2016	FL	2	2	Yes
Oct 26, 2015	FL	0	3	Yes
Dec 19, 2014	FL	0	1	Yes
Feb 7, 2013	FL	0	0	Yes
Jan 23, 2012	FL	0	1	Yes
Jun 16, 2011	FL	0	1	Yes
Apr 8, 2010	FL	0	2	No
May 7, 2007	FL	0	0	Yes
May 20, 2004	FL	0	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2003	FL	0	1	Yes
May 6, 2002	FL	0	0	Yes
Aug 21, 2000	FL	0	2	Yes
May 26, 1999	FL	0	2	Yes
Oct 8, 1997	FL	0	0	Yes