Pape Machinery Inc
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
121 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 10
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
- 795
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 125
- Annualized
- ≈63 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving83 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness6 · 6 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 242 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 40 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2026 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 1, 2025 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2024 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2024 | OR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2023 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2023 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2021 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2021 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2021 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 21, 2020 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2020 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2019 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 17, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2018 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2017 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2017 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |