Carrier profile · USDOT 613534 · MC-293382 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Mike O'brien Specialized Hauling Inc

23 power unitsavg 12.2 yrRegional · 4 statesSAN FRANCISCO, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-293382 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksobrienheavyhaul.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 21.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 18.2 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving29 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.40 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 16 total · 3 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20221001
20202002
20191001
20161011
20131001
20122022
20111001
20071011
20041111
19992002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 8, 2025CA01Yes
Jul 23, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 26, 2025CA01Yes
Sep 29, 2022WA00Yes
Jul 22, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 12, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 19, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 8, 2016CA02Yes
Sep 9, 2013CA00Yes
Sep 5, 2012CA02Yes
Apr 11, 2012CA01Yes
Sep 6, 2011CA00Yes
Apr 11, 2007CA01Yes
Jun 10, 2004CA11Yes
Nov 30, 1999CA00Yes
Nov 8, 1999CA00Yes