Grand Appliance Inc
DBA GRAND APPLIANCE AND TV
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
35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3
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
- 55
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 35
- Annualized
- ≈18 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 55 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 18 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2023 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2021 | IN | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2020 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2019 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2018 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2014 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2014 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2013 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2010 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2008 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2007 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |