Carrier profile · USDOT 38109 · MC-112809 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J Marlin Ernst & Sons Inc

13 power unitsavg 14 yrLocal · 1 statesORWIGSBURG, PA50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-112809 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 1

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

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 13-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: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 4
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 9 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 42 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	1	1
2016	3	0	1	3
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	1	0
2008	2	1	1	1
2006	2	0	0	2
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	2	0	1	2
2003	3	0	0	3
2001	1	0	0	1
2000	3	0	3	3
1997	4	0	3	4
1996	2	0	1	2
1995	2	0	1	1
1994	2	0	2	1
1993	1	0	0	1
1992	3	0	2	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jan 8, 2026	PA	0	0	Yes
Jul 21, 2025	PA	0	0	Yes
Oct 5, 2023	NJ	0	0	Yes
Dec 31, 2020	PA	0	0	Yes
Feb 20, 2019	PA	0	0	Yes
Dec 10, 2017	PA	0	1	Yes
Dec 29, 2016	PA	0	1	Yes
Oct 19, 2016	PA	0	0	Yes
May 16, 2016	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 9, 2015	PA	0	0	Yes
Jul 3, 2014	PA	0	0	Yes
Mar 19, 2013	PA	0	0	Yes
Jul 27, 2012	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 3, 2011	PA	0	1	No
Dec 31, 2008	PA	0	1	Yes
Jul 21, 2008	PA	1	0	No
Oct 24, 2006	PA	0	0	Yes
Mar 30, 2006	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 27, 2005	PA	0	0	Yes
Dec 10, 2004	PA	0	0	Yes
Jun 5, 2004	PA	0	1	Yes
Sep 25, 2003	PA	0	0	Yes
Apr 25, 2003	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 24, 2003	PA	0	0	Yes
Apr 9, 2001	PA	0	0	Yes