Carrier profile · USDOT 1380324 · MC-526867 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J & L CONTRACTING LLC

95 power unitsavg 6.5 yrMulti-region · 14 statesSPRINGFIELD, MO94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-526867 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 15.2%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 — 66 vehicle and 117 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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

114 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 95-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
117
Annualized
≈59 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 35 total · 6 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252021
20241011
20235025
20214014
20203023
20194004
20182012
20173003
20161001
20152012
20142012
20131001
20081011
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 30, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 15, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 9, 2025IL02No
May 31, 2025WA01Yes
Oct 30, 2024MO01Yes
Dec 6, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 26, 2023MO01Yes
Mar 8, 2023MO00Yes
Jan 23, 2023MO02Yes
Jan 4, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 10, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 10, 2021UT01Yes
Jun 10, 2021MO00Yes
Feb 16, 2021IL00Yes
Dec 14, 2020AR00Yes
Oct 28, 2020AR01Yes
May 14, 2020MO01Yes
Dec 5, 2019MO00Yes
Nov 8, 2019MO00Yes
Oct 7, 2019KS00Yes
Jun 12, 2019MO00Yes
Aug 3, 2018MO00Yes
Jan 24, 2018MO01Yes
Dec 14, 2017MO00Yes