Carrier profile · USDOT 327521 · MC-212805 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

JAMES O'DONOGHUE

DBA M G K SERVICES

16 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 5 statesSTAFFORD, NY87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-212805 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjamesfodonoghue.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 4

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.118 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 17, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 14 total · 3 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20211011
20192012
20171011
20161001
20151011
20141001
20081001
20011001
19942021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 27, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 23, 2025NY01Yes
Nov 6, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 17, 2021NY01Yes
Nov 22, 2019MD00Yes
Jan 25, 2019NY01Yes
Aug 15, 2017PA01Yes
Feb 12, 2016NY00Yes
Feb 18, 2015PA01Yes
Jan 16, 2014NY00Yes
Dec 2, 2008NY00Yes
Aug 9, 2001NY00Yes
Nov 23, 1994NY01Yes
Jan 28, 1994NY02No