CKS PACKAGING 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
71 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 7
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
- 78
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 75
- Annualized
- ≈38 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 61 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2025 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 8, 2024 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2024 | VA | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 23, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2022 | NC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 8, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 21, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2019 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2019 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 14, 2018 | GA | 0 | 2 | No |
| May 3, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2018 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2018 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2017 | TN | 2 | 3 | Yes |
| May 31, 2017 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2017 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |