Carrier profile · USDOT 3901078 · MC-1437161 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KJ Medelez LLC

157 power unitsavg 10.4 yrMulti-region · 11 statesHERMISTON, OR80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1437161 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 55.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 254 vehicle and 373 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

56.7% · 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 4.0 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

367 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 30

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 157-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
157
Inspections · 24 mo
373
Annualized
≈187 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
92%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
96%
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 Driving395 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance203 · 32 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance119 · 41 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance113 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance110 · 82 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance105 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance87 · 76 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance77 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance75 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance74 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

157 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

100ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
32False logs
14Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 20 total · 16 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
2025100210
20244004
20232002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026OR00Yes
Apr 17, 2026WA00Yes
Mar 20, 2026WA00Yes
Mar 6, 2026ID00Yes
Nov 4, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 24, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 10, 2025WA00Yes
Aug 28, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 7, 2025WA01Yes
May 28, 2025OR00Yes
Apr 25, 2025WA00Yes
Mar 19, 2025OR01Yes
Mar 19, 2025WA00Yes
Jan 1, 2025OR00Yes
Oct 12, 2024WA00Yes
Sep 29, 2024OR00Yes
Jul 2, 2024WA00Yes
Apr 4, 2024CA00Yes
May 20, 2023OR00Yes
Mar 14, 2023MT00Yes