Carrier profile · USDOT 10571 · MC-118661 · Updated Aug 4, 2026

Herman R Ewell Inc

DBA H R EWELL INC

297 power unitsavg 8.3 yrNational · 25 statesEAST EARL, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-118661 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshrewell.comFMCSA SAFER

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 4.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

130 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 14

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 297-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
297
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving95 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 287 total · 14 in 24 mo

287
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
130
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20257026
2024150415
2023151714
2022151515
2021160615
20207027
2019121412
20188048
20179039
2016111411
20155025
2014130513
20138238
20127047
20114014
20108046
20096026
20089129
20078064
20066053
20055025
200410048
200311049
200211179
2001110511
2000120612
19996055
19984024
19976035
199610079
19951011
19944033
19933030
19922020
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 6, 2026PA02Yes
Feb 6, 2026OH00Yes
Nov 6, 2025CT00Yes
Oct 28, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 14, 2025IN01Yes
Apr 16, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 1, 2025NJ01No
Feb 21, 2025NJ00Yes
Jan 22, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 10, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 23, 2024AR00Yes
Sep 27, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 16, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 12, 2024PA00Yes
Jun 11, 2024PA00Yes
May 26, 2024IN01Yes
Apr 30, 2024IN01Yes
Apr 11, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 2, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 25, 2024SC00Yes
Feb 21, 2024FL00Yes
Feb 2, 2024OH01Yes
Jan 31, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 3, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 5, 2023VA01No