Carrier profile · USDOT 3073738 · MC-62685 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

EM CARGO LLC

260 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 46 statesLEMONT, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-62685 ACTIVE
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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 25.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 204 vehicle and 548 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.7% · 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 1.8 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

535 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 38

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 260-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
260
Inspections · 24 mo
548
Annualized
≈274 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
98%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
63%
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 Driving182 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance73 · 66 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

43 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
15False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 54 total · 29 in 24 mo

54
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026120511
2025150515
20249049
20235005
20226036
20211001
20201011
20194004
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 24, 2026OK06Yes
Jun 6, 2026TN01Yes
May 27, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 15, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 11, 2026NJ00Yes
Mar 30, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 27, 2026IL01Yes
Mar 19, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 19, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 6, 2026IL01No
Feb 23, 2026MO01Yes
Feb 5, 2026TN00Yes
Nov 30, 2025FL00Yes
Nov 13, 2025OK00Yes
Nov 1, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 3, 2025TN01Yes
Sep 28, 2025CT01Yes
Jul 21, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 2, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 18, 2025NJ01Yes
Jun 12, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 5, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 10, 2025MO00Yes
Mar 19, 2025WY00Yes
Feb 18, 2025ID01Yes