Carrier profile · USDOT 1387837 · MC-685248 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lusamerica Foods Inc

56 power unitsavg 5.3 yrRegional · 4 statesMORGAN HILL, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-685248 ACTIVE
Verified linkslusamerica.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 11.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 96 vehicle and 132 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

3.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

125 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 11

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 56-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
56
Inspections · 24 mo
132
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 17, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 3 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20242002
20224014
20212002
20203003
20195015
20173013
20161001
20151001
20142011
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 30, 2026WA00Yes
Mar 31, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 28, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 25, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 10, 2022CA02Yes
Aug 1, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 12, 2022WA00Yes
Mar 30, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 30, 2021WA00Yes
Jan 28, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 19, 2020CA00Yes
Apr 9, 2020WA00Yes
Feb 29, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 10, 2019WA00Yes
Jul 24, 2019CA00Yes
Jun 1, 2019CA02Yes
Mar 25, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 15, 2019CA00Yes
Dec 7, 2017CA01Yes
Jun 23, 2017CA00Yes
May 11, 2017CA00Yes
Nov 7, 2016CA00Yes
Jul 7, 2015CA00Yes
Sep 23, 2014CA01No
May 22, 2014CA00Yes