Carrier profile · USDOT 2728272 · MC-924454 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MLC Carrier Inc

186 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 47 statesMOUNT PROSPECT, IL63/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-924454 INACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmlccarrier.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 30.5%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 — 272 vehicle and 610 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.8% · 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 10.0 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

588 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 51

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
186
Inspections · 24 mo
610
Annualized
≈305 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving353 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance136 · 116 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance79 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance63 · 14 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance52 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance41 · 27 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance37 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance36 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

120 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

61ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
28False logs
20Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 86 total · 26 in 24 mo

86
Total crashes
26
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2025230921
20249059
2023110411
20226026
20216116
20208028
20196046
20188018
20174014
20165005
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 12, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 14, 2025PA01Yes
Oct 10, 2025ME02Yes
Sep 21, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 9, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 27, 2025VA02Yes
Aug 15, 2025PA01Yes
Aug 5, 2025MO01No
Jul 13, 2025AR00Yes
Jul 13, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 9, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 29, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 28, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 8, 2025AL00Yes
May 15, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 18, 2025DE01No
Apr 9, 2025IA01Yes
Mar 25, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 13, 2025AR00Yes
Feb 8, 2025WI00Yes
Jan 30, 2025AR00Yes
Jan 10, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 6, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 18, 2024UT00Yes