Carrier profile · USDOT 120612 · MC-149440 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CHEESEMAN LLC

383 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 38 statesFORT RECOVERY, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-149440 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscheeseman.comFMCSA SAFER

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 12.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 368 vehicle and 567 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

553 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Oct '24 · 33

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 383-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
383
Inspections · 24 mo
567
Annualized
≈284 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving155 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 29 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 323 total · 25 in 24 mo

323
Total crashes
25
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
129
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268028
202510059
2024181618
20238028
2022140614
2021100410
2020191617
2019141413
2018140513
2017130513
2016130412
20156035
20147046
20138048
2012121412
2011110211
20102001017
2009130510
2008170816
20074014
20065034
2005120611
20049049
20038137
200210029
20015035
20003023
19995034
19984033
19978137
19964024
19953013
19945133
19932012
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026OH03Yes
May 26, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 22, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 17, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 14, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 12, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 24, 2026KY01Yes
Dec 9, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 3, 2025IN01Yes
Nov 3, 2025WI00Yes
Sep 4, 2025MA01Yes
Aug 4, 2025OH01No
Jul 26, 2025AR01Yes
Apr 29, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 12, 2025IN01Yes
Mar 8, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 6, 2025OK00Yes
Dec 27, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 27, 2024MN00Yes
Dec 9, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 27, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 7, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 6, 2024IN11Yes
Oct 15, 2024PA04Yes