Carrier profile · USDOT 1325925 · MC-498420 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Great Lakes Cold Logistics LLC

13 power unitsavg 3.1 yrNational · 33 statesWARRENDALE, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-498420 ACTIVE
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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 14.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 2.2 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

58 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 7

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈2.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
1%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
32%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 7 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255035
20243003
20222002
20213003
20203003
20174024
20162002
20153003
20143013
20132102
20122002
20102012
20081001
20072002
20061011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 9, 2025PA01Yes
Nov 30, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 10, 2025CO01Yes
Sep 3, 2025MA01Yes
Aug 14, 2025UT00Yes
Dec 12, 2024ID00Yes
Nov 4, 2024NY00Yes
Jun 29, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 3, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 23, 2022IN00Yes
May 25, 2021MA00Yes
Mar 5, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 12, 2021NE00Yes
Dec 18, 2020PA00Yes
Sep 25, 2020IN00Yes
Feb 18, 2020NY00Yes
Nov 7, 2017MA00Yes
Sep 21, 2017NC02Yes
Jun 5, 2017GA00Yes
May 9, 2017KS02Yes
Nov 20, 2016OH00Yes
Aug 18, 2016OH00Yes
Dec 27, 2015OK00Yes
Oct 27, 2015FL00Yes
Oct 11, 2015IN00Yes