Carrier profile · USDOT 84941 · MC-142513 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

BIRK TRANSFER INC

25 power unitsavg 13 yrMulti-region · 8 statesJOHNSTOWN, PA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142513 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 33.3%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 — 9 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 2.1 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 3

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 25-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
13 / yr
Coverage
0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 56 total · 2 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20241010
20231011
20221001
20212002
20201101
20182002
20172002
20161011
20152002
20141011
20132012
20122012
20112002
20093013
20084104
20072112
20061001
20043013
20036046
20022011
20011011
19991001
19982012
19971001
19951001
19941001
19932011
19923021
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026PA01Yes
Apr 28, 2025PA00Yes
May 17, 2024PA01No
Oct 6, 2023KY01Yes
Feb 3, 2022OH00Yes
Apr 28, 2021OH00Yes
Jan 14, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 21, 2020KY10Yes
Dec 21, 2018NC00Yes
Oct 24, 2018OH00Yes
Oct 16, 2017OH00Yes
Apr 24, 2017KY00Yes
Dec 20, 2016PA01Yes
Dec 22, 2015IN00Yes
Jan 29, 2015PA00Yes
Jul 23, 2014PA01Yes
Sep 11, 2013PA03Yes
Mar 12, 2013PA00Yes
Jul 17, 2012OH00Yes
Jan 11, 2012OH01Yes
Sep 2, 2011WV00Yes
Aug 16, 2011PA00Yes
Dec 23, 2009PA00Yes
Jun 18, 2009RI00Yes
Apr 13, 2009OH01Yes