Carrier profile · USDOT 2426738 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Palfinger USA LLC

139 power unitsavg 3.3 yrNational · 31 statesTIFFIN, OH94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
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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 1.8%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 — 56 vehicle and 83 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 2.8 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 139-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
139
Inspections · 24 mo
83
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
49%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
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
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253033
20242002
20233003
20221001
20214034
20201001
20193023
20173003
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 15, 2025MO01Yes
Aug 12, 2025NJ01Yes
May 6, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 14, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 7, 2024SC00Yes
Jun 9, 2023OK00Yes
May 26, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 6, 2023OR00Yes
May 2, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 11, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 30, 2021CO01Yes
Mar 8, 2021NC01Yes
Feb 9, 2021CA02Yes
Oct 15, 2020OH00Yes
Nov 4, 2019NY01Yes
Apr 25, 2019MI00Yes
Feb 7, 2019FL01Yes
Sep 19, 2017FL00Yes
Aug 4, 2017FL00Yes
May 17, 2017SC00Yes
May 9, 2016TX00Yes