Carrier profile · USDOT 294036 · MC-196494 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

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38 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 28 statesWAUSAU, WI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-196494 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 8.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 67 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 19.7 pts 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6

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
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
67
Annualized
34 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 56 total · 4 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20232002
20223013
20211001
20191001
20181011
20172002
20162002
20153013
20133013
20111001
20102002
20093013
20082012
20072011
20053022
20042002
20033113
20021001
20012012
19993022
19973023
19961001
19953032
19942012
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 1, 2026WI00Yes
Dec 1, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 29, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 21, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 5, 2023NJ00Yes
May 2, 2023WI00Yes
Nov 21, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 5, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 2, 2022FL01Yes
Feb 23, 2021AL00Yes
Mar 12, 2019CO00Yes
Oct 11, 2018WI01Yes
Nov 29, 2017CA00Yes
Nov 2, 2017IN00Yes
May 4, 2016MI00Yes
Feb 4, 2016MO00Yes
Dec 22, 2015PA00Yes
Nov 16, 2015KS01Yes
May 19, 2015CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2013SC01Yes
Apr 9, 2013CA00Yes
Jan 10, 2013TX00Yes
Oct 20, 2011TX00Yes
Feb 9, 2010WI00Yes
Jan 25, 2010IL00Yes