Carrier profile · USDOT 1435662 · MC-542389 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

M J Daniels LLC

14 power unitsavg 12.2 yrMulti-region · 11 statesJOHNSTOWN, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-542389 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 9.1%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 — 11 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 5.0 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 14-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
18
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
5%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20202012
20193113
20183003
20171001
20151001
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 9, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 16, 2020PA03Yes
Nov 9, 2020PA00Yes
Sep 6, 2019PA01Yes
Aug 1, 2019PA10Yes
Mar 15, 2019PA00Yes
Aug 24, 2018PA00Yes
Jul 3, 2018PA00Yes
Feb 27, 2018OH00Yes
Jul 14, 2017PA00Yes
Oct 26, 2015PA00Yes
Sep 21, 2013PA00Yes