Carrier profile · USDOT 1772901 · MC-647117 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Midwest Refrigerated Transport Inc

111 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 33 statesMILWAUKEE, WI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-647117 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmidwestrefrigerated.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 17.9%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 — 39 vehicle and 106 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 21.9 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 10

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 111-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
111
Inspections · 24 mo
106
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
0Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 65 total · 12 in 24 mo

65
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20255135
20245015
20231011
20224114
20216046
20204014
20192002
20184014
20173123
20167017
20153023
20141011
20133022
20121011
20115014
20101001
20094014
20083032
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 8, 2026FL02Yes
Mar 10, 2026WI00Yes
Jan 28, 2026TN00Yes
Sep 27, 2025WI11Yes
Jul 25, 2025WI00Yes
May 16, 2025WI01Yes
Feb 13, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 18, 2025GA01Yes
Nov 26, 2024LA00Yes
Nov 25, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 27, 2024TN01Yes
Oct 19, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 23, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 24, 2023WI03Yes
Dec 4, 2022WI10Yes
Oct 11, 2022VA01Yes
Sep 27, 2022NC00Yes
Apr 9, 2022IL00Yes
Nov 29, 2021TX01Yes
Sep 9, 2021IL01Yes
Mar 23, 2021FL01Yes
Feb 22, 2021FL01Yes
Feb 22, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 15, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 11, 2020WI00Yes