Carrier profile · USDOT 261956 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

R E Michel Company

578 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 24 statesGLEN BURNIE, MD88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 9.7%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 — 144 vehicle and 189 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.9% · 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 5.2 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

183 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 578-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
578
Inspections · 24 mo
189
Annualized
≈95 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving59 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance44 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 15 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 83 total · 5 in 24 mo

83
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
39
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252012
20244014
20235024
20223023
20217017
20202012
20193013
20184013
20175025
20169169
20156026
20144014
20134023
20122012
20114043
20101010
20092022
20061001
20051001
20041010
20022011
20002011
19991001
19984044
19971001
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 3, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 23, 2026KY00Yes
Aug 1, 2025CA01Yes
May 5, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 4, 2024NY01Yes
Jun 17, 2024GA00Yes
May 16, 2024MD00Yes
May 13, 2024NJ00Yes
Dec 4, 2023PA00Yes
Sep 7, 2023PA01No
Aug 9, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 3, 2023PA00Yes
Jan 20, 2023MD01Yes
Jul 1, 2022WI00Yes
Apr 19, 2022MD01Yes
Jan 10, 2022PA01Yes
Nov 4, 2021NY00Yes
Oct 29, 2021NY02Yes
Oct 4, 2021MD00Yes
Sep 14, 2021IN00Yes
Aug 4, 2021PA00Yes
May 28, 2021MD00Yes
May 25, 2021PA00Yes
Oct 15, 2020NY00Yes
Jun 22, 2020NJ01Yes