Carrier profile · USDOT 1438436 · MC-543563 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

PLOGER TRANSPORTATION LLC

88 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 14 statesNORWALK, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-543563 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 15.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 26 vehicle and 72 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

69 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 6

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 88-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
88
Inspections · 24 mo
72
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 43 total · 6 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253003
20243003
20232002
20224014
20212012
20203003
20192002
20181001
20173003
20163103
20153003
20141001
20133013
20111001
20102012
20091001
20084014
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 13, 2026PA03Yes
Dec 8, 2025NC00Yes
May 8, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 7, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 5, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 16, 2024WV00Yes
Jul 25, 2024KY00Yes
Jun 12, 2023PA00Yes
Jan 9, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 11, 2022PA00Yes
Apr 20, 2022WY00Yes
Apr 14, 2022WY00Yes
Mar 29, 2022IN03Yes
Sep 20, 2021OH01Yes
Jun 23, 2021WI00Yes
Dec 30, 2020PA00Yes
Nov 14, 2020OH00Yes
May 4, 2020VA00Yes
Apr 23, 2019PA00Yes
Feb 11, 2019NJ00Yes
Oct 17, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 16, 2017PA00Yes
Mar 17, 2017OH00Yes
Jan 31, 2017MA00Yes
Dec 24, 2016AZ00Yes