Carrier profile · USDOT 2282714 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Palmer Inc

25 power unitsavg 14.9 yrLocal · 1 statesCLEVELAND, GA82/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 2.6 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 25-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
18
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
55%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
9%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 62 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20242002
20231011
20221011
20211001
20201011
20194014
20182022
20173113
20162002
20151001
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 16, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 16, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 7, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 19, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 12, 2023GA01Yes
Apr 4, 2022GA01Yes
Mar 11, 2021GA00Yes
Oct 23, 2020GA01Yes
Dec 4, 2019GA00Yes
Sep 26, 2019GA00Yes
Jul 29, 2019GA03Yes
Apr 22, 2019GA00Yes
Aug 6, 2018GA01Yes
May 22, 2018GA01Yes
Aug 12, 2017GA12Yes
Mar 2, 2017GA00Yes
Jan 14, 2017GA00Yes
May 16, 2016GA00Yes
Jan 8, 2016GA00Yes
Nov 12, 2015GA00Yes
Jun 26, 2013GA00Yes