Milk Industry Management Corporation
DBA BALFORD FARMS
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 6
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 71
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 61
- Annualized
- ≈31 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving43 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 376.11 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 84 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2025 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2024 | PA | 2 | 4 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2022 | DE | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2022 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2021 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 26, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2021 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2020 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2020 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |