Carrier profile · USDOT 763868 · MC-599472 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mendocino Forest Products Company LLC

41 power unitsavg 10.6 yrLocal · 1 statesCALPELLA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-599472 ACTIVE
Verified linksmendoco.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 20.6%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 — 63 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.6% · 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 5.3 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 12

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
68
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving30 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 4, 2025. 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· 22 total · 2 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20242012
20234014
20221001
20211001
20201001
20181011
20161001
20141011
20121011
20111001
20102002
20052002
20041001
20031001
20021111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 4, 2026CA00Yes
Oct 1, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 1, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 14, 2023CA01Yes
Nov 10, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 28, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 10, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 21, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 7, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 11, 2020CA00Yes
May 10, 2018CA01Yes
Jan 6, 2016CA00Yes
Oct 16, 2014CA01Yes
Dec 13, 2012CA01Yes
Feb 16, 2011CA00Yes
Jul 9, 2010CA00Yes
Jun 25, 2010CA00Yes
Oct 17, 2005CA00Yes
Jan 27, 2005CA00Yes
Mar 3, 2004CA00Yes
May 28, 2003CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2002CA11Yes