Carrier profile · USDOT 2590203 · MC-915234 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

NRG Trucking Company

79 power unitsavg 3.5 yrNational · 32 statesBURR RIDGE, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-915234 ACTIVE
Verified linksnrgtrucking.coFMCSA 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 22.0%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 — 159 vehicle and 280 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.8 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

270 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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
≈1.8 / 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
79
Inspections · 24 mo
280
Annualized
≈140 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving117 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 30 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 68 total · 18 in 24 mo

68
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20257027
2024141314
2023141613
20227237
2021110611
20205135
20194014
20181011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026LA01Yes
May 13, 2026MO00Yes
May 1, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 26, 2026AR00Yes
Jan 3, 2026AZ02Yes
Nov 23, 2025AZ00Yes
Oct 16, 2025OK02Yes
Oct 16, 2025AZ00Yes
Aug 29, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 7, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 31, 2025OR00Yes
Jan 8, 2025NM04Yes
Nov 21, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 23, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 16, 2024IL12Yes
Oct 6, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 5, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 9, 2024CA02Yes
Apr 14, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 8, 2024IL00Yes
Mar 13, 2024AZ00Yes
Feb 26, 2024WV00Yes
Feb 18, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2024AZ00Yes
Jan 22, 2024MO00Yes