Carrier profile · USDOT 3484138 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Michels Power Inc

1,339 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 19 statesBROWNSVILLE, WI88/100
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 19.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 88 vehicle and 138 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 2.1 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

137 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 1,339-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
1,339
Inspections · 24 mo
138
Annualized
≈69 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 23, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 23 total · 7 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252011
20244004
20236016
20223113
20215034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026OK00Yes
Mar 16, 2026MA00Yes
Mar 15, 2026WI02Yes
May 17, 2025TX00Yes
May 16, 2025MN01No
Oct 9, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 9, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 31, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 8, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 5, 2023RI00Yes
Oct 26, 2023CT00Yes
Sep 8, 2023IA00Yes
Mar 14, 2023NH00Yes
Mar 8, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 4, 2023NY01Yes
Oct 10, 2022IA10Yes
Oct 4, 2022WI00Yes
Sep 22, 2022IA01Yes
Oct 26, 2021MN01No
Oct 13, 2021IL01Yes
Oct 12, 2021MA00Yes
Sep 8, 2021LA01Yes
Mar 18, 2021CT00Yes