EARL L BONSACK 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
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
- 59
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 59
- Annualized
- ≈30 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving38
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.86 Rear impact guard / bumperVehicle Maintenance1
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 172.602 Other violationOther1
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 12/29/2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 93 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/17/2025 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/04/2025 | WI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 05/22/2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/01/2025 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 10/06/2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/23/2023 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |
| 04/11/2023 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/07/2022 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/27/2021 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/16/2020 | PA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| 10/15/2020 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/24/2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/14/2020 | WI | 0 | 1 | No |
| 06/19/2019 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/17/2019 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/23/2019 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/19/2019 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 07/25/2018 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/09/2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/30/2018 | WI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 10/23/2017 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/24/2017 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/05/2017 | WI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 01/26/2017 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/05/2016 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |