Carrier profile · USDOT 230008 · MC-1061694 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Ernest Maier Inc

89 power unitsavg 12.3 yrRegional · 5 statesMILLSBORO, DE88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1061694 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 55 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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 1.6 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 6

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 89-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
89
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
16%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
47%
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 138 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 49 total · 6 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20243013
20233033
20221111
20214114
20204014
20193022
20186044
20172012
20162002
20152022
20141001
20134013
20101001
20091011
20082012
20072012
20011001
19952011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 30, 2026DE00Yes
Jan 22, 2026DE02Yes
Sep 16, 2025DE00Yes
Jul 9, 2025MD00Yes
Apr 14, 2025MD03Yes
Oct 16, 2024DE00Yes
Jun 6, 2024DE01Yes
Feb 28, 2024DC00Yes
Oct 2, 2023MD01Yes
Jul 21, 2023MD01Yes
Apr 26, 2023DE01Yes
Jul 20, 2022DC21Yes
Dec 17, 2021DE10Yes
Jul 20, 2021MD00Yes
Mar 22, 2021MD02Yes
Mar 15, 2021DE00Yes
Nov 30, 2020DE01Yes
Nov 19, 2020MD00Yes
Sep 9, 2020DE00Yes
Aug 25, 2020DE00Yes
Sep 3, 2019MD01No
Jun 14, 2019MD01Yes
Apr 16, 2019DE00Yes
Oct 10, 2018MD01Yes
Aug 14, 2018MD01No