Carrier profile · USDOT 1154857 · MC-457512 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

Birkmire Trucking Company

5 power unitsavg 12 yrMulti-region · 11 statesFAIRVIEW, PA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-457512 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 50 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 28.2 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

49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈5.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
5
Inspections · 24 mo
50
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈5.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

30%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20242012
20232012
20202012
20191001
20182012
20161001
20082002
20073031
20061001
20052011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 26, 2025OH01Yes
Mar 23, 2025IN01Yes
Feb 16, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 9, 2024PA00Yes
Feb 3, 2024MS02Yes
Sep 15, 2023NY01Yes
May 24, 2023PA00Yes
May 28, 2020PA01Yes
Jan 20, 2020PA00Yes
Apr 2, 2019IN00Yes
Apr 17, 2018PA01Yes
Feb 6, 2018PA00Yes
Feb 13, 2016PA00Yes
Oct 1, 2008PA00Yes
Apr 15, 2008IN00Yes
Dec 20, 2007VA01Yes
Dec 10, 2007PA01No
Sep 9, 2007PA01No
Mar 4, 2006PA00Yes
Dec 23, 2005PA00Yes
Feb 10, 2005PA02No