Carrier profile · USDOT 1929976 · MC-772598 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

J & J Hernandez Inc

40 power unitsavg 20.7 yrRegional · 7 statesCHARLOTTE, NC74/100
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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 42.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 52 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 4.5 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 8

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
90
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
8%
Controlled Substances
Alert
95%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance41 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 18 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

62 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
6False logs
4Drove over hours

13 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 6 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251011
20245035
20222002
20212012
20205033
20191001
20181011
20173013
20161011
20151010
20141001
20131001
20121010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 8, 2026TX02Yes
Mar 3, 2026MS00Yes
May 22, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 12, 2024TX01Yes
Nov 9, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 25, 2024TX00Yes
May 3, 2024TX02Yes
Apr 20, 2024AL01Yes
Sep 27, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 5, 2022SC00Yes
Jul 9, 2021SC02Yes
Apr 24, 2021SC00Yes
Dec 21, 2020TX01No
Dec 16, 2020GA01No
Sep 29, 2020SC01Yes
Sep 21, 2020AL00Yes
Sep 15, 2020AL00Yes
Dec 10, 2019NC00Yes
Aug 4, 2018GA01Yes
Sep 8, 2017GA00Yes
Jul 9, 2017LA01Yes
Mar 23, 2017KY00Yes
Jan 20, 2016NC01Yes
Dec 30, 2015TX01No
Apr 30, 2014NC00Yes