Carrier profile · USDOT 1278039 · MC-498483 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

BLACK HAWK LOGISTICS INC

28 power unitsavg 10.4 yrNational · 20 statesSARASOTA, FL74/100
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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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 63 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 32.1 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 6

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 28-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
63
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 3 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252112
20241001
20223003
20213013
20203013
20193023
20182012
20171011
20161011
20142012
20132102
20122012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 17, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 14, 2025FL21Yes
Dec 28, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 14, 2022IN00Yes
Apr 16, 2022GA00Yes
Mar 22, 2022IL00Yes
Apr 20, 2021GA00Yes
Mar 26, 2021AL00Yes
Mar 11, 2021NC04Yes
Oct 23, 2020CA01Yes
Mar 14, 2020IN00Yes
Feb 1, 2020CO00Yes
Aug 14, 2019WV02Yes
Aug 5, 2019NY05Yes
May 3, 2019FL00Yes
Aug 16, 2018WI01Yes
Feb 7, 2018PA00Yes
Jul 31, 2017OH01Yes
Sep 26, 2016TN01Yes
Jul 14, 2014CA02Yes
Feb 18, 2014CO00Yes
Aug 5, 2013CO10Yes
May 13, 2013IL00Yes
Nov 15, 2012IN00Yes
Oct 16, 2012FL01Yes