Carrier profile · USDOT 196582 · MC-1715029 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

E M THARP INC

DBA AMERICAN TRUCK PARTS - GOLDEN STATE PETERBILT - PAC LEASE

4 power unitsavg 5.3 yrLocal · 1 statesPORTERVILLE, CA58/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-1715029 NO AUTHORITYRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksemtharp.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 33.3 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

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 4-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
4
Inspections · 24 mo
3
Annualized
≈2 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 11 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 42 total · 3 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20241001
20232002
20221001
20212102
20203013
20192002
20181001
20171001
20163013
20142112
20101001
20081011
20064004
20043003
20032102
20022012
20012002
20003003
19981011
19942022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 5, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 14, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 23, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 2, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 4, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 13, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 12, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 26, 2021CA10Yes
Sep 12, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 31, 2020CA02Yes
Oct 1, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 18, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 27, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 19, 2019CA00Yes
May 3, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 24, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2016CA00Yes
Jun 29, 2016CA01Yes
Jan 21, 2016CA00Yes
Jul 31, 2014CA23Yes
Jun 27, 2014CA00Yes
Mar 2, 2010CA00Yes
Jan 5, 2008CA01Yes
Nov 25, 2006CA00Yes
Nov 20, 2006CA00Yes