Carrier profile · USDOT 639468 · MC-430727 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

MRK INC

30 power unitsavg 4.4 yrLocal · 2 statesLEXINGTON, NE74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-430727 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 46.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 14.8 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

54 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 7

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 30-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 30
Inspections · 24 mo: 54
Annualized: ≈27 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

21%

Hours-of-Service

Alert

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

65%

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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

2No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 39 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2024	1	0	0	1
2022	2	0	1	2
2021	1	0	1	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	3	0	2	3
2017	2	1	1	2
2016	4	0	1	4
2014	2	0	0	2
2012	1	0	1	1
2011	4	0	1	4
2010	3	1	1	2
2007	2	0	1	2
2006	2	0	1	2
2004	1	0	0	1
2002	1	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1	1
2000	2	0	0	2
1999	1	0	0	1
1998	2	0	1	2
1997	2	0	0	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 21, 2026	NE	0	0	Yes
Jul 1, 2024	NE	0	0	Yes
Dec 5, 2022	NE	0	1	Yes
Jan 29, 2022	NE	0	0	Yes
May 24, 2021	NE	0	1	Yes
Aug 26, 2020	NE	0	0	Yes
Oct 3, 2019	NE	0	1	Yes
Jul 8, 2019	NE	0	1	Yes
Jan 7, 2019	NE	0	0	Yes
Dec 20, 2017	NE	1	0	Yes
Mar 27, 2017	NE	0	2	Yes
Oct 3, 2016	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 9, 2016	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 1, 2016	NE	0	0	Yes
Jul 29, 2016	NE	0	1	Yes
Feb 9, 2014	NE	0	0	Yes
Feb 9, 2014	NE	0	0	Yes
Jun 4, 2012	NE	0	1	Yes
Nov 14, 2011	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 21, 2011	NE	0	0	Yes
Jun 2, 2011	NE	0	0	Yes
Mar 21, 2011	NE	0	1	Yes
Sep 29, 2010	NE	0	1	No
Sep 16, 2010	NE	0	0	Yes
Jul 23, 2010	NE	1	0	Yes