Carrier profile · USDOT 695709 · MC-289522 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pioneer Heavy Haul Inc

DBA PIONEER HEAVY HAUL

13 power unitsavg 6.4 yrMulti-region · 12 statesWELLAND, ON88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-289522 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 7.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 18.9 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.6 / 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: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 42
Annualized: ≈21 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

47%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

19%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

30%

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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues

2No log / no ELD

2False logs

1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2024	1	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	1	0
2006	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2002	1	0	0	1
1998	1	1	0	1
1997	1	0	0	1
1996	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 25, 2025	PA	0	0	Yes
Oct 14, 2024	NY	0	1	Yes
Dec 28, 2022	NY	0	2	Yes
Feb 5, 2019	PA	0	0	Yes
Feb 1, 2017	NY	0	1	Yes
Oct 12, 2016	NY	0	1	Yes
Apr 28, 2010	WV	0	0	Yes
Mar 10, 2008	OH	0	1	No
Jan 12, 2006	PA	0	0	Yes
Apr 13, 2004	PA	0	0	Yes
May 31, 2002	NY	0	0	Yes
Jan 21, 1998	NY	1	0	Yes
Feb 7, 1997	PA	0	0	Yes
Aug 28, 1996	MI	0	1	Yes