Carrier profile · USDOT 331796 · MC-208801 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Putnam Trucking Operations Company Inc

33 power unitsavg 12.1 yrNational · 28 statesEFFINGHAM, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-208801 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksputnamtrucking.comFMCSA SAFER

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 29.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 161 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 7.0 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

157 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 13

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
≈2.4 / 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
33
Inspections · 24 mo
161
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
10False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 85 total · 7 in 24 mo

85
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
30
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253013
20244023
20235024
20222012
20212002
20203023
20195005
20182012
20177036
20164014
20152012
20144024
20135015
20123013
20103013
20091001
20084034
20073003
20066036
20052002
20042002
20032012
20021001
20011001
20001001
19971011
19952011
19941001
19932002
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 9, 2026IL01Yes
Oct 10, 2025IN00Yes
May 3, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 13, 2025IL01Yes
Nov 15, 2024MS00Yes
Sep 17, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 17, 2024NC02Yes
Jan 26, 2024IL01No
Nov 2, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 9, 2023SC02Yes
Jul 7, 2023IL01No
Jan 27, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 17, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 5, 2022IL02Yes
Sep 20, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 21, 2021AL00Yes
Aug 2, 2021TN00Yes
Dec 30, 2020TN01Yes
Oct 22, 2020IN00Yes
Aug 14, 2020OH03Yes
Dec 4, 2019IN00Yes
Dec 3, 2019AZ00Yes
Apr 9, 2019OH00Yes
Jan 19, 2019IL00Yes
Jan 12, 2019IL00Yes