Carrier profile · USDOT 3775005 · MC-1349177 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

MZ CARGO INC

48 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 38 statesCINCINNATI, OH87/100
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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 25.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 160 vehicle and 375 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.1% · 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 6.4 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

362 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 24

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
≈3.9 / 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
48
Inspections · 24 mo
375
Annualized
≈188 / yr
Coverage
≈3.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

93%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving135 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 42 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

50 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

29ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
9False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 18 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
2025150215
20244014
20232002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026OK00Yes
Feb 15, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 17, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 7, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 10, 2025WV00Yes
Sep 16, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 2, 2025KY00Yes
Apr 26, 2025NJ00Yes
Apr 4, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 3, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 19, 2025KS00Yes
Mar 17, 2025AL01Yes
Feb 13, 2025NY00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 11, 2025WV00Yes
Feb 9, 2025FL01Yes
Jan 29, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 14, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 4, 2024NC00Yes
Mar 6, 2024GA01Yes
Feb 20, 2024TN00Yes
Dec 1, 2023FL00Yes
May 1, 2023MI00Yes