Carrier profile · USDOT 3615846 · MC-1233328 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ERKINSON INC

0 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 20 statesSAINT LOUIS, MO76/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1233328 INACTIVE
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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 21.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 64 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 2.0 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

58 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 10

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
68%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
80%
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 Driving62 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
4False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 4 total · 3 in 24 mo

4
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20243003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 5, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 14, 2024IA00Yes
Dec 8, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 24, 2024OH00Yes