Carrier profile · USDOT 72683 · MC-312469 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Keim T S Inc

206 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 32 statesSABETHA, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-312469 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 13.8%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 — 160 vehicle and 372 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.4% · 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 2.4 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

360 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 26

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 206-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
206
Inspections · 24 mo
372
Annualized
≈186 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving81 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

13 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 379 total · 23 in 24 mo

379
Total crashes
23
In last 24 mo
11
Fatal
152
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266046
2025140413
20248027
2023110211
20226036
20216035
2020100410
2019130512
2018110510
2017110210
2016110311
2015170517
2014120512
2013130512
20129019
20118038
20107117
20097017
2008140514
20075035
200610049
2005150415
20047036
200312378
20029019
200110097
20009049
1999172717
1998110410
19976045
19968046
1995111410
1994120712
19932011316
199211247
19915033
19907145
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026OK01Yes
Jun 2, 2026PA02Yes
Mar 16, 2026AL01Yes
Mar 3, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 23, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 17, 2026GA01Yes
Dec 8, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 5, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 7, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 2, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 29, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 15, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 1, 2025MO01No
Jun 9, 2025IA01Yes
May 8, 2025OK00Yes
May 1, 2025KS00Yes
Apr 30, 2025KS01Yes
Mar 12, 2025OK00Yes
Mar 11, 2025IN02Yes
Feb 3, 2025KS00Yes
Oct 24, 2024TX01No
Oct 14, 2024AL00Yes
Aug 26, 2024KY01Yes
Jul 3, 2024OK00Yes
Jun 28, 2024KS00Yes