Marathon Cheese Transport LLC
DBA MARATHON CHEESE TRANSPORT
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 56
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 96
- Annualized
- ≈48 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 42 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2026 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2026 | MN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2025 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2024 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2024 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2022 | ID | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 7, 2022 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2022 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2022 | ND | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2021 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2020 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2019 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2018 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2017 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2016 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2015 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2015 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2014 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2013 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2013 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2013 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |