Carrier profile · USDOT 1421225 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

North Shore Linen Inc

DBA NORTH SHORE LINEN

8 power unitsavg 4.1 yrLocal · 1 statesFREEPORT, NY87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksnorthshorelinen.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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 16.7 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 4

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 8-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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.

  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 33 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241010
20191001
20183013
20171011
20162022
20152021
20142021
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 3, 2024NY01No
Feb 12, 2019NY00Yes
Aug 14, 2018NY00Yes
Jul 23, 2018NY01Yes
May 25, 2018NY00Yes
Jul 28, 2017NY01Yes
Nov 27, 2016NY01Yes
Jul 3, 2016NY01Yes
Aug 9, 2015NY01No
May 28, 2015NJ01Yes
Dec 1, 2014NY01No
Jan 2, 2014NY02Yes
Jun 6, 2008NY00Yes