Carrier profile · USDOT 445779 · MC-58038 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Button Oil Co Inc

28 power unitsavg 6.6 yrLocal · 2 statesMOUNTAIN TOP, PA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-58038 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 17.8%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 — 45 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 9.1 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

50 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 8

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
≈0.9 / 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
51
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 178.346 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 9 total · 2 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241011
20231001
20221011
20212022
20201001
20181001
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 23, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 2, 2024PA01Yes
Nov 15, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 3, 2022PA01Yes
Nov 8, 2021PA03Yes
Sep 14, 2021PA01Yes
Jul 6, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 10, 2018PA00Yes
Jan 11, 2017PA00Yes