Carrier profile · USDOT 2769721 · MC-943334 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kemira Water Solutions Inc

120 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 29 statesEAST CHICAGO, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-943334 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkskemira.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 8.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 291 vehicle and 311 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.1% · 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 4.9 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

304 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 22

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 120-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
120
Inspections · 24 mo
312
Annualized
≈156 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 14 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 39 total · 2 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20243013
20232012
2022110311
20215125
20205035
20194004
20184014
20171011
20162012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 16, 2025MD00Yes
Jul 15, 2025DE00Yes
Jul 30, 2024CA03Yes
Feb 1, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 17, 2024ID00Yes
Nov 27, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 30, 2023MD01Yes
Dec 26, 2022WA00Yes
Oct 24, 2022WI00Yes
Sep 23, 2022AZ00Yes
Aug 8, 2022VA01Yes
Jul 29, 2022CA01Yes
Jul 8, 2022ID00Yes
May 25, 2022PA00Yes
Apr 5, 2022PA01Yes
Mar 14, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 25, 2022AL00Yes
Feb 12, 2022PA00Yes
Aug 23, 2021WA01Yes
Jun 11, 2021OH00Yes
Jun 4, 2021NY00Yes
Feb 22, 2021IL01Yes
Jan 22, 2021CA10Yes
Dec 11, 2020NJ02Yes
Jul 16, 2020MI00Yes