Carrier profile · USDOT 507993 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

James a Graf Trucking Inc

20 power unitsLocal · 1 statesMYRTLE CREEK, OR74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 80.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

80.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 20-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: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 5
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

91%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

12.66measure

SMS · 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.

393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.116 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 5 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	1	1
2021	2	0	0	2
2020	1	0	1	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2012	2	1	1	2
2011	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2003	2	0	1	2
2002	3	0	2	3
2001	1	0	0	1
2000	1	0	0	1
1999	1	0	1	1
1998	2	0	0	2
1997	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 7, 2023	OR	0	1	Yes
Jun 10, 2021	OR	0	0	Yes
Apr 18, 2021	OR	0	0	Yes
Jun 18, 2020	OR	0	1	Yes
May 19, 2017	OR	0	0	Yes
Dec 17, 2015	OR	0	0	Yes
Nov 15, 2012	OR	1	0	Yes
Mar 16, 2012	OR	0	1	Yes
Oct 4, 2011	OR	0	0	Yes
Aug 29, 2008	OR	0	0	Yes
Sep 21, 2006	OR	0	0	Yes
Jun 20, 2005	OR	0	0	Yes
Sep 3, 2003	OR	0	3	Yes
Aug 5, 2003	OR	0	0	Yes
Nov 21, 2002	OR	0	1	Yes
Oct 15, 2002	OR	0	1	Yes
May 25, 2002	OR	0	0	Yes
Mar 16, 2001	OR	0	0	Yes
Mar 24, 2000	OR	0	0	Yes
May 27, 1999	OR	0	1	Yes
Sep 30, 1998	OR	0	0	Yes
Aug 26, 1998	OR	0	0	Yes
Mar 5, 1997	OR	0	0	Yes