HERMANN FORWARDING CO
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
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
- 163
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 139
- Annualized
- ≈70 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving56
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 8 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 9 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4
ELD & hours-of-service
11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 02/03/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 173 total · 11 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/14/2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/06/2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/10/2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/23/2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/22/2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/06/2025 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/18/2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/11/2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/11/2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/22/2024 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/18/2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| 07/18/2024 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/16/2024 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/10/2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/09/2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/12/2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/27/2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/15/2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/27/2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/06/2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/18/2023 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/09/2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/01/2022 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/17/2022 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/29/2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |