Carrier profile · USDOT 41107 · MC-139195 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

Clinch Company Inc

25 power unitsavg 6.6 yrMulti-region · 13 statesNEW MARKET, TN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-139195 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 48.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.5 pts 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

56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 5

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
3False logs
10Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 5 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252012
20221001
20211001
20162002
20121011
20111001
20102012
20073003
20061011
20052012
20042012
20031001
20011001
19991001
19981001
19971001
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 21, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 21, 2026TN00Yes
May 1, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 18, 2025TN01Yes
Mar 31, 2022LA00Yes
Dec 14, 2021SC00Yes
Nov 23, 2016TN00Yes
Aug 10, 2016SC00Yes
Jan 4, 2012TN01Yes
Jun 8, 2011TN00Yes
Jun 17, 2010TN03Yes
Feb 19, 2010TN00Yes
Jul 27, 2007TN00Yes
Apr 16, 2007IL00Yes
Feb 27, 2007IL00Yes
Jan 15, 2006GA01Yes
Nov 7, 2005IN00Yes
Jan 18, 2005TN02Yes
Nov 17, 2004TN01Yes
Mar 27, 2004NC00Yes
Jun 19, 2003NC00Yes
Sep 12, 2001TN00Yes
Feb 1, 1999VA00Yes
Apr 17, 1998GA00Yes