Carrier profile · USDOT 383663 · MC-456049 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

James E Fulton & Sons Inc

21 power unitsLocal · 1 statesKALAMAZOO, MI50/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-456049 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksfultonexcavating.comFMCSA SAFER

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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. One window of data — no trend yet. 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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 2

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 21-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
21
Inspections · 24 mo
4
Annualized
≈2 / 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
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 Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

Crash history· 15 total · 3 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20251001
20221001
20201001
20191001
20162002
20131011
20121001
20081011
20071001
20041001
20022011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026MI01Yes
Jan 23, 2026MI01Yes
Dec 19, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 20, 2022MI00Yes
Mar 29, 2020MI00Yes
Feb 20, 2019IA00Yes
Sep 12, 2016MI00Yes
Apr 21, 2016OH00Yes
Sep 13, 2013MI01Yes
Apr 2, 2012MI00Yes
May 3, 2008MI01Yes
May 3, 2007MI00Yes
Sep 22, 2004MI00Yes
Nov 4, 2002MI00Yes
Apr 26, 2002MI01No