Carrier profile · USDOT 281814 · MC-181634 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

S & J Potashnick Transportation Inc

DBA PTI POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC

4 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 33 statesSIKESTON, MO81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181634 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssjpti.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 22.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 101 vehicle and 233 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 3.5 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

219 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 23

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
≈29.1 / 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
4
Inspections · 24 mo
233
Annualized
≈117 / yr
Coverage
≈29.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
58%
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 Driving128 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 42 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

75 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
11False logs
23Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 220 total · 9 in 24 mo

220
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
87
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255015
20248028
2023160316
202210049
2021110210
2020191619
2019121412
2018110310
20177027
20166016
20159159
20147147
20134023
20123013
20118228
20102002
20096245
20081001
20072002
20063032
20052022
20043012
20036026
20021001
20012021
20002021
19992012
19985014
19977057
19968068
19953012
19948067
19939439
19927045
19912021
19902000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026GA00Yes
Oct 3, 2025OK00Yes
Jun 2, 2025IN01Yes
May 25, 2025LA00Yes
Feb 26, 2025MD00Yes
Jan 20, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 29, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 26, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 5, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 2, 2024TX01Yes
May 16, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 6, 2024ID00Yes
Feb 13, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 12, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 2, 2023MD00Yes
Oct 28, 2023AR00Yes
Oct 25, 2023KY00Yes
Oct 4, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 11, 2023KY00Yes
Jun 21, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 2, 2023UT02Yes
May 25, 2023MD00Yes
May 22, 2023MO01Yes
Apr 21, 2023MO00Yes
Apr 3, 2023IL01Yes