CAL-MAINE FOODS INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 22.1% (24-mo)86 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8% (24-mo)162 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

13.3% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 4.9 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 557-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
557
Inspections · 24 mo
162
Annualized
81 / yr
Coverage
0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving42
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 14 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 09/10/2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 180 total · 8 in 24 mo

180
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
11
Fatal
88
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264124
20253113
20243013
20239059
20224024
20218038
20208067
20199239
20184033
20179029
20164004
20159158
20147026
20136036
20123013
20113012
20107057
20092002
20083013
20073012
20062002
20054234
20049159
20035025
20026043
20017227
20005045
19998047
19984034
19972012
19963013
19953033
1994101610
19931011
19923023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
04/18/2026FL00Yes
03/11/2026TX12Yes
02/12/2026AR02Yes
01/16/2026FL00Yes
11/14/2025FL00Yes
11/02/2025FL12Yes
04/16/2025TX00Yes
10/02/2024FL00Yes
07/16/2024GA01Yes
06/10/2024FL00Yes
11/24/2023FL00Yes
10/30/2023FL01Yes
10/17/2023FL01Yes
10/11/2023GA03Yes
09/14/2023FL01Yes
08/08/2023TX01Yes
06/30/2023GA00Yes
03/22/2023TX00Yes
01/03/2023FL00Yes
12/27/2022FL01Yes
12/22/2022TX00Yes
08/11/2022OK00Yes
05/24/2022GA01Yes
11/11/2021FL00Yes
11/05/2021FL00Yes