Carrier profile · USDOT 2939092 · MC-993640 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

BLACKFISH ENTERPRISE

DBA BLACKFISH ENTERPRISE LLC

15 power unitsavg 13.2 yrMulti-region · 12 statesWEST COVINA, CA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-993640 ACTIVE
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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 27.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 43 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 26.3 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
43
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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.

  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

19ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
10False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 6 total · 1 in 24 mo

6
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20222012
20212002
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 8, 2025AZ00Yes
Jun 8, 2022TX01Yes
Apr 10, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 18, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 9, 2021NM00Yes
Jun 11, 2018AZ00Yes