Carrier profile · USDOT 71315 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Morton Buildings Inc

483 power unitsavg 9.6 yrNational · 38 statesMORTON, IL81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksmortonbuildings.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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 189 vehicle and 278 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · 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 6.0 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

267 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 21

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 483-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
483
Inspections · 24 mo
278
Annualized
≈139 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving108 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance80 · 19 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 29 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 5 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 15 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 17 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 107 total · 12 in 24 mo

107
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20256026
20246006
20238028
20226126
20212012
20209039
20183003
20171001
20161011
20152011
20144024
20132012
20122002
20112002
20104014
20094104
20083013
20073013
20063003
20057036
20042011
20032002
20024034
20011011
19995034
19983003
19974124
19961101
19952012
19941011
19931000
19911101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026PA01Yes
Feb 26, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 5, 2025AL00Yes
Oct 27, 2025CO00Yes
Aug 4, 2025IL00Yes
May 20, 2025VA01Yes
Mar 31, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 28, 2025MI01Yes
Dec 20, 2024KS00Yes
Nov 8, 2024KS00Yes
Sep 10, 2024ID00Yes
Sep 4, 2024MO00Yes
Jul 17, 2024SD00Yes
Apr 25, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 29, 2023AL02Yes
Oct 26, 2023NC00Yes
Sep 12, 2023IN00Yes
Mar 23, 2023WY02Yes
Feb 14, 2023MD00Yes
Jan 18, 2023SD00Yes
Jan 12, 2023FL00Yes
Jan 12, 2023FL00Yes
Dec 29, 2022AL00Yes
Dec 21, 2022MN00Yes
Nov 14, 2022IA00Yes