Carrier profile · USDOT 921143 · FF-69654 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MEATHEAD MOVERS INC

53 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 10 statesSAN LUIS OBISPO, CA82/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYFF-69654 NO AUTHORITY
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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 3.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 90 vehicle and 127 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.0% · 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

122 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 14

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 53-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
53
Inspections · 24 mo
127
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
75%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
16%
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 Driving57 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20212002
20202012
20182021
20172002
20151001
20141001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 22, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 20, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 8, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 10, 2020CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2020CA01Yes
Jun 2, 2018CA02Yes
Jan 4, 2018CA01No
Sep 6, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 6, 2017CA00Yes
Jul 30, 2015CA00Yes
Aug 5, 2014CA00Yes
Dec 22, 2010CA00Yes