Carrier profile · USDOT 873953 · MC-834656 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

POWERS TRANSPORT LLC

21 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 16 statesCLINTON, ME87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-834656 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 30.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 67 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 29.3 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

64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
67
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
19%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.116 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 7, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 4 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20241001
20234004
20211001
20201001
20181001
20171011
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 6, 2026IN02Yes
Oct 26, 2025ME00Yes
Feb 2, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 12, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 25, 2023IN00Yes
Jun 15, 2023CT00Yes
May 6, 2023MA00Yes
Apr 27, 2023ME00Yes
Jul 20, 2021MA00Yes
Oct 21, 2020ME00Yes
Apr 1, 2018CT00Yes
Aug 31, 2017ME01Yes
Feb 14, 2016IN05Yes