Carrier profile · USDOT 3819283 · MC-1381442 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Forgeline Logistics LLC

155 power unitsavg 8.7 yrRegional · 4 statesMCKINNEY, TX80/100
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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 38.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 181 vehicle and 249 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

241 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 18

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 155-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
155
Inspections · 24 mo
249
Annualized
≈125 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
93%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance157 · 22 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving147 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance78 · 38 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance72 · 35 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance64 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance62 · 12 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 44 total · 33 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
33
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
20252301220
20248068
20236046
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026LA00Yes
May 23, 2026TX00Yes
May 21, 2026LA00Yes
May 14, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2026LA00Yes
Feb 10, 2026LA06Yes
Dec 31, 2025TX02Yes
Dec 8, 2025LA01Yes
Nov 30, 2025LA01Yes
Nov 30, 2025LA01Yes
Nov 25, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 25, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 22, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 14, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2025TX02Yes
Oct 7, 2025LA01No
Sep 18, 2025LA01No
Aug 14, 2025LA00Yes
Jun 20, 2025TX01No
Jun 9, 2025TX01Yes
Jun 1, 2025TX00Yes
May 22, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 19, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 11, 2025LA01Yes
Apr 9, 2025TX00Yes