Carrier profile · USDOT 104706 · MC-136348 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Francis Wholesale Co Inc

DBA FRANCIS PRODUCE COMPANY

40 power unitsavg 5.6 yrMulti-region · 13 statesGREENVILLE, SC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-136348 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksfrancisproduce.comFMCSA SAFER

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 8.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 12.0 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 5

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 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
66
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
57%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
40%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
1Drove over hours

9 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 47 total · 4 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20243013
20234024
20221001
20213013
20202002
20191011
20187027
20172012
20163013
20151001
20134024
20112002
20092021
20081001
20071001
20052021
20042002
20013113
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 12, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 30, 2025OK00Yes
Dec 7, 2024TN01Yes
Sep 18, 2024SC00Yes
Jan 26, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 7, 2023AL01Yes
Aug 31, 2023OK00Yes
May 24, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 27, 2023SC01Yes
Jul 3, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 28, 2021AR01Yes
Jun 12, 2021GA00Yes
May 31, 2021MO00Yes
Mar 20, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 6, 2020NM00Yes
Oct 21, 2019NV01Yes
Dec 15, 2018GA00Yes
Sep 30, 2018LA01Yes
Aug 27, 2018SC01Yes
Aug 20, 2018NC00Yes
May 26, 2018CA00Yes
May 3, 2018TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 9, 2017TX00Yes
Jul 13, 2017OR03Yes