Carrier profile · USDOT 628867 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

K & M Meat Co Inc

17 power unitsavg 5.7 yrLocal · 1 statesVERNON, CA100/100
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 14.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 16.1 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
17 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 57 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20191001
20181001
20171001
20152012
20131001
20101001
20091001
20081001
20071001
20061011
20051001
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 24, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 22, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 3, 2019AZ00Yes
Mar 29, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 21, 2017CO00Yes
Jul 4, 2015CA03Yes
Jun 20, 2015CA00Yes
Mar 21, 2013CO00Yes
Feb 22, 2010CA00Yes
Oct 2, 2009CA00Yes
May 2, 2008CA00Yes
Aug 22, 2007CA00Yes
Oct 9, 2006CA01Yes
Mar 24, 2005CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2003CA00Yes