Carrier profile · USDOT 368562 · MC-231204 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Helm Trucking Inc

9 power unitsavg 13.9 yrRegional · 3 statesPINCONNING, MI94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-231204 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 0.0%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 — 3 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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.

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 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
8measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 172.400 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241011
20231001
20212002
20201001
20181001
20161001
20131001
20113023
20081001
20042002
20021001
19991010
19943012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 5, 2026MI00Yes
Aug 14, 2024MI01Yes
Jun 30, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 26, 2021OH00Yes
Jan 5, 2021OH00Yes
Nov 24, 2020MI00Yes
Oct 26, 2018MI00Yes
Mar 12, 2016MI00Yes
Sep 11, 2013IN00Yes
Dec 5, 2011NC01Yes
Mar 17, 2011IN01Yes
Feb 15, 2011KY00Yes
Aug 17, 2008OH00Yes
Jun 28, 2004OH00Yes
Jan 14, 2004MI00Yes
Dec 30, 2002IN00Yes
Aug 18, 1999OH01No
Mar 28, 1994MI01No
Jan 16, 1994WI00Yes
Jan 16, 1994WI00Yes