Carrier profile · USDOT 271225 · MC-292907 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Deffenbaugh Industries Inc

DBA WASTE MANAGEMENT OF KANSAS CITY

315 power unitsavg 6.6 yrLocal · 2 statesKANSAS CITY, KS70/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-292907 INACTIVERATED 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 13.3%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 — 45 vehicle and 85 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 5.2 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

80 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 315-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
315
Inspections · 24 mo
85
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.86 Rear impact guard / bumperVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 133 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 746 total · 17 in 24 mo

746
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
316
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
2025130413
20247037
20238027
20226006
20219029
2020130112
2019200520
2018111210
2017110211
2016160216
2015140813
20143201529
2013160414
2012181615
2011231821
2010270726
20092901127
20083602030
20073901535
20062801226
20053901835
20042501419
20033301128
20023121328
20013711035
20002701620
19993601833
19983802030
19972101417
19963812922
199515088
1994170914
19936033
19922012
19914034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 24, 2026MO00Yes
Dec 17, 2025MO02Yes
Oct 15, 2025MO01Yes
Oct 15, 2025MO01Yes
Sep 11, 2025KS01Yes
Aug 18, 2025KS00Yes
Jul 17, 2025KS00Yes
Jul 16, 2025KS00Yes
Jun 10, 2025KS00Yes
May 30, 2025MO00Yes
May 6, 2025MO00Yes
May 5, 2025MO00Yes
Apr 18, 2025KS00Yes
Feb 21, 2025KS00Yes
Oct 17, 2024KS00Yes
Oct 1, 2024KS02Yes
Sep 7, 2024KS00Yes
May 15, 2024MO00Yes
Feb 23, 2024MO01Yes
Feb 7, 2024KS00Yes
Jan 15, 2024MO01Yes
Dec 30, 2023MO01No
Nov 28, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 11, 2023KS00Yes
Jun 5, 2023KS00Yes