Carrier profile · USDOT 227473 · MC-448302 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kath Fuel Oil Service Co

8 power unitsavg 7.4 yrRegional · 3 statesLITTLE CANADA, MN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-448302 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 22.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 9.7 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 3

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 8-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

45%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

21%

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
107.620 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	1	2
2014	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	1	1
2006	2	0	1	2
2005	1	0	1	0
2003	1	1	1	1
2002	1	0	0	1
1998	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 26, 2025	MN	0	0	Yes
Jan 11, 2023	MN	0	0	Yes
Dec 23, 2015	WI	0	2	Yes
Oct 11, 2015	WI	0	0	Yes
Jun 12, 2014	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 10, 2011	MN	0	0	Yes
Jan 21, 2010	MN	0	1	Yes
Jun 23, 2006	MN	0	1	Yes
Feb 9, 2006	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 7, 2005	MN	0	1	No
Jan 10, 2003	MN	1	1	Yes
Sep 10, 2002	MN	0	0	Yes
Jan 6, 1998	MN	0	1	No