Carrier profile · USDOT 65033 · MC-153833 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CHRISTENSEN INC

DBA RE POWELL DIST GENERAL TRANSPORT CO DON THOMAS PETROLEUM

40 power unitsavg 8.2 yrRegional · 5 statesRICHLAND, WA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-153833 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 96 vehicle and 113 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

109 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 12

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 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
113
Annualized
57 / yr
Coverage
1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 172.602 Other violationOther5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 53 total · 4 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20241001
20231001
20224014
20211001
20202002
20191001
20185105
20171001
20161001
20151001
20143013
20132012
20122002
20112002
20101001
20081001
20062002
20042002
20031001
20022012
20011001
20003013
19991001
19983022
19974013
19962002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 30, 2026WA00Yes
Jul 26, 2025WA02Yes
Feb 23, 2025OR01Yes
Oct 27, 2024WA00Yes
Jan 20, 2023WA00Yes
Nov 30, 2022OR00Yes
Oct 19, 2022OR00Yes
Feb 3, 2022OR01Yes
Jan 27, 2022WA00Yes
Aug 5, 2021WA00Yes
Aug 4, 2020OR00Yes
Feb 16, 2020WA00Yes
Sep 5, 2019WA00Yes
Sep 10, 2018WA00Yes
Aug 31, 2018WA00Yes
Jul 3, 2018WA10Yes
Mar 3, 2018WA00Yes
Jan 6, 2018WA00Yes
Sep 12, 2017WA00Yes
Dec 19, 2016WA00Yes
Jan 11, 2015WA00Yes
May 2, 2014WA01Yes
Feb 20, 2014WA00Yes
Feb 17, 2014WA00Yes
Nov 29, 2013WA01Yes