Carrier profile · USDOT 821725 · MC-579902 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

George Schafer Trucking LLC

22 power unitsavg 6.7 yrLocal · 2 statesMARTINSBURG, MO72/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-579902 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 33.3%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 — 9 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 27.5 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 22-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.05measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 25 total · 3 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20231011
20221011
20211011
20201001
20191011
20182012
20171001
20141001
20132002
20111001
20092022
20071001
20052022
20041001
20001001
19993013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 13, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 6, 2026MO02Yes
Mar 10, 2026MO01Yes
Aug 17, 2023KS04Yes
Oct 17, 2022MO01Yes
Nov 4, 2021MO01Yes
Mar 6, 2020MO00Yes
Aug 8, 2019MO01Yes
Dec 28, 2018MO01Yes
Apr 5, 2018NE00Yes
May 22, 2017MO00Yes
Apr 2, 2014MO00Yes
Aug 30, 2013MO00Yes
Jan 23, 2013MO00Yes
Aug 11, 2011MO00Yes
Jul 1, 2009MO02Yes
May 23, 2009MO01Yes
Oct 25, 2007KY00Yes
Nov 18, 2005MO01Yes
Jul 18, 2005MO01Yes
Apr 29, 2004MO00Yes
Jan 12, 2000MO00Yes
Nov 5, 1999MO00Yes
Aug 14, 1999MO03Yes
May 24, 1999MO00Yes