Carrier profile · USDOT 1916572 · MC-686476 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Benito Hernandez Trucking LLC

DBA BH TRUCKING

45 power unitsavg 14.1 yrLocal · 2 statesMISSION, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-686476 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 35.3%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 — 102 vehicle and 108 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.5 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

105 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 14

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
108
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

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 Maintenance55 · 15 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance36 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 19 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 7, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
8Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 3 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20251011
20241001
20231001
20224034
20212012
20202002
20184014
20172022
20161001
20144024
20132112
20111011
20101011
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 1, 2026TX01No
Nov 6, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 4, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 25, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 12, 2022TX01Yes
Sep 7, 2022TX01Yes
Aug 26, 2022TN00Yes
May 17, 2022TX01Yes
Oct 28, 2021KS00Yes
Jun 17, 2021TX01Yes
Mar 30, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 3, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 6, 2018TX00Yes
Apr 27, 2018TX02Yes
Mar 8, 2018TX00Yes
Feb 22, 2018TX00Yes
May 22, 2017TX01Yes
May 2, 2017TX01Yes
Sep 10, 2016TX00Yes
Nov 21, 2014TX01Yes
Nov 1, 2014TX00Yes
Feb 26, 2014TX00Yes
Feb 2, 2014TX01Yes
Jul 7, 2013TX10Yes
May 19, 2013TX01Yes