Graco Fertilizer Company
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 16
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 24
- Annualized
- ≈12 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2026 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2022 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 12, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2019 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2019 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2016 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2016 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2008 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2005 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2005 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 2005 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2001 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2001 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 1997 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |