Carrier profile · USDOT 3599759 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Michels Pipeline Inc

555 power unitsavg 10 yrMulti-region · 14 statesBROWNSVILLE, WI94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
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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 19.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 20.5 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

52 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 555-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
555
Inspections · 24 mo
54
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
19%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
2%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
33%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 14 total · 6 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20245015
20221011
20215015
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 11, 2026TN01Yes
Nov 10, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 8, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 17, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 7, 2024AZ00Yes
Oct 27, 2024VA00Yes
May 6, 2024OR01Yes
Mar 14, 2024VA00Yes
May 2, 2022LA01Yes
Nov 23, 2021OK00Yes
Oct 18, 2021MO00Yes
Aug 12, 2021ND00Yes
Aug 12, 2021ND00Yes
Jul 8, 2021PA01Yes