Carrier profile · USDOT 313251 · MC-144898 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J Bauer Trucking Inc

60 power unitsavg 9.9 yrMulti-region · 9 statesMEDFORD, WI82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-144898 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 37.5%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 — 8 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.8 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5

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
0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 60-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
60
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
6 / yr
Coverage
0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 8, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 107 total · 0 in 24 mo

107
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
47
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231011
20223013
20215024
20202022
20192002
20182002
20175025
20166206
20156025
20142002
20136046
20123023
20114004
20103013
20093123
20083012
20073013
20061001
20057166
20045114
20036025
20022002
20013003
20001011
19992012
19981001
19972012
19964033
19954224
19946056
19923031
19901111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 31, 2023NC01Yes
Jun 10, 2022MA00Yes
May 6, 2022CO01Yes
Jan 16, 2022IN00Yes
Jun 1, 2021FL01No
May 9, 2021IA01Yes
May 5, 2021WI00Yes
Feb 2, 2021MN00Yes
Jan 5, 2021MN00Yes
Oct 20, 2020NC01Yes
Oct 3, 2020WI01Yes
Apr 23, 2019IN00Yes
Apr 10, 2019IL00Yes
Oct 23, 2018WI00Yes
Apr 6, 2018WI00Yes
Nov 21, 2017WI00Yes
Sep 4, 2017KS00Yes
Jul 20, 2017WI02Yes
May 11, 2017WI01Yes
Feb 24, 2017WI00Yes
Nov 18, 2016MN00Yes
Oct 3, 2016WY10Yes
Jul 6, 2016WI00Yes
May 18, 2016IL00Yes
Jan 20, 2016MN00Yes