Carrier profile · USDOT 640137 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

Koch Foods LLC

232 power unitsavg 6.4 yrRegional · 5 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskochfoods.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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 101 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 15.7 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

98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 9

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 232-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
232
Inspections · 24 mo
101
Annualized
≈51 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.12measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving70 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 18, 2023. 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· 296 total · 13 in 24 mo

296
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
15
Fatal
119
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20256026
202410069
20238247
2022112611
2021150315
20208017
2019112311
2018120412
2017160516
20169038
2015140613
20142321023
2013200720
2012231722
2011140513
2010110411
2009170717
2008140814
20075224
2006150715
20057147
20043103
20038068
20022002
20014043
20005225
19991011
19981001
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 23, 2026AL01Yes
Nov 13, 2025AL01Yes
Sep 15, 2025AL00Yes
Jun 19, 2025AL00Yes
May 13, 2025TN00Yes
May 6, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 28, 2025TN01Yes
Dec 20, 2024AL01Yes
Nov 6, 2024AL00Yes
Oct 3, 2024AL00Yes
Aug 19, 2024GA02Yes
Aug 14, 2024TN01Yes
Jul 21, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 14, 2024MS01Yes
Jun 5, 2024TN01No
Feb 21, 2024TN00Yes
Feb 12, 2024TN01Yes
Dec 27, 2023AL00Yes
Jun 30, 2023AL00Yes
Jun 23, 2023AL10Yes
May 29, 2023AL01Yes
Apr 6, 2023MS01Yes
Apr 6, 2023MS01Yes
Apr 4, 2023AL10No