Carrier profile · USDOT 138796 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

General Linen Service LLC

31 power unitsavg 11 yrRegional · 6 statesSOMERSWORTH, NH94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksgenerallinen.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 17.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 15.0 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 31-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 51 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 27 total · 5 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252012
20241001
20233013
20221001
20191011
20183013
20171001
20162002
20152011
20143003
20102002
20091011
20041001
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 20, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 23, 2026MA00Yes
Jan 7, 2026NH00Yes
Sep 12, 2025ME01Yes
Mar 24, 2025NH00Yes
Jun 11, 2024MA00Yes
Oct 2, 2023NH00Yes
Mar 14, 2023NH00Yes
Mar 2, 2023NH01Yes
Jan 5, 2022ME00Yes
Oct 21, 2019NH02Yes
Dec 17, 2018NH00Yes
Nov 29, 2018ME00Yes
Jun 8, 2018CT01Yes
Dec 6, 2017ME00Yes
Aug 19, 2016NH00Yes
Apr 19, 2016CT00Yes
Nov 27, 2015NH00Yes
Jun 19, 2015ME01No
Jun 16, 2014NH00Yes
Jun 5, 2014NH00Yes
Feb 11, 2014ME00Yes
Dec 1, 2010ME00Yes
Feb 15, 2010MA00Yes
Aug 22, 2009GA01Yes