Caruso Produce Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 5
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 44
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 34
- Annualized
- ≈17 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness5 · 5 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 7, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2024 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2023 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 5, 2023 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2019 | WA | 1 | 0 | No |
| Jul 25, 2018 | OR | 1 | 0 | No |
| Jul 16, 2017 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2016 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2015 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2015 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2014 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2014 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2014 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2013 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2009 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2008 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2007 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2003 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 1999 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 1998 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 1996 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 1996 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |