Carrier profile · USDOT 707020 · MC-328360 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

S & B KESSLER INC

33 power unitsavg 12.1 yrRegional · 5 statesNEW CARLISLE, IN94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-328360 ACTIVERATED 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 0.0%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 — 9 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 2

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 33-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
33
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
1.54measure
SMS · per-BASIC
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 4 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20241011
20233023
20222012
20211001
20201001
20192002
20181001
20173003
20164024
20131011
20102012
20082012
20062012
20041001
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 22, 2026IN00Yes
Oct 17, 2025IN01Yes
Mar 30, 2025IA01Yes
Aug 13, 2024IN01Yes
Oct 24, 2023IL01Yes
Jul 6, 2023VA00Yes
Feb 22, 2023IA01Yes
Sep 7, 2022IN01Yes
Jan 4, 2022IN00Yes
Jul 19, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 22, 2020IN00Yes
Aug 22, 2019IN00Yes
May 15, 2019IN00Yes
Jan 23, 2018MI00Yes
Dec 12, 2017IN00Yes
Nov 15, 2017IN00Yes
Sep 28, 2017KY00Yes
Aug 10, 2016IN00Yes
Jul 29, 2016IN00Yes
Apr 20, 2016IN01Yes
Jan 5, 2016IN02Yes
Dec 17, 2013IL01Yes
Feb 23, 2010IN00Yes
Feb 5, 2010IN01Yes
Dec 2, 2008IN01Yes