J E FORTIN INC
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
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
58 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 6
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
- 28
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 63
- Annualized
- ≈32 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 58% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 70 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2024 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2022 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2022 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2020 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 9, 2019 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2017 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2016 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2016 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2015 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2015 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2015 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2014 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2014 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2013 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 2, 2013 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2013 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2012 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2012 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2012 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2011 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 27, 2011 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2011 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2011 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2011 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |