Northwest Crane Service LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 88
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 29
- Annualized
- ≈15 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 172.502 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2022 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2021 | OK | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 4, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2021 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2020 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 1, 2018 | OK | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2018 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2018 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2016 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2016 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2015 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2012 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2012 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2009 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2009 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2009 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2007 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |