Carrier profile · USDOT 527307 · MC-260825 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Fister Distribution Inc

30 power unitsavg 5 yrMulti-region · 10 statesLEXINGTON, KY80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-260825 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 41.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 2.1 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 7

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 30-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 13 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
  • 172.504 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 3 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252021
20241011
20232002
20223012
20212012
20184014
20171001
20141001
20101011
20082002
20072012
20031001
20021011
20012002
19971010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2025KY01No
May 20, 2025OH02Yes
Sep 9, 2024KY01Yes
Jun 22, 2023KY00Yes
Jun 20, 2023KY00Yes
Apr 11, 2022KY00Yes
Mar 31, 2022WV01No
Jan 6, 2022KY00Yes
Jul 6, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 22, 2021KY01Yes
Dec 13, 2018KY00Yes
Oct 19, 2018KY00Yes
Oct 14, 2018KY02Yes
Feb 5, 2018KY00Yes
Jul 17, 2017KY00Yes
Mar 4, 2014OH00Yes
Aug 24, 2010KY02Yes
Jun 1, 2008KY00Yes
Apr 22, 2008KY00Yes
Aug 21, 2007KY01Yes
May 22, 2007KY00Yes
Jul 9, 2003KY00Yes
Aug 2, 2002KY01Yes
Oct 3, 2001IN00Yes
Apr 23, 2001MO00Yes