Carrier profile · USDOT 846511 · MC-439815 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

S R Schaefer Trucking LLC

6 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 6 statesBLUFFTON, IN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-439815 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 — 4 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 6-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 9, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	1	0	1	1
2022	2	1	1	2
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2017	2	0	0	2
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2011	3	0	2	3
2010	2	0	1	2
2009	2	0	1	2
2006	2	0	0	2
2004	1	0	1	0
2003	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 12, 2026	IN	0	0	Yes
Apr 24, 2025	OH	0	1	Yes
Sep 26, 2022	OH	0	1	Yes
Jan 27, 2022	PA	1	0	Yes
Sep 4, 2020	OH	0	0	Yes
Sep 6, 2018	VA	0	1	Yes
Apr 18, 2017	IN	0	0	Yes
Jan 17, 2017	WV	0	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2015	IN	0	0	Yes
Feb 7, 2014	IN	0	1	Yes
Nov 26, 2013	OH	0	0	Yes
Jul 20, 2012	IN	0	1	Yes
Mar 30, 2011	OH	0	1	Yes
Feb 21, 2011	IN	0	0	Yes
Jan 15, 2011	DE	0	3	Yes
Aug 11, 2010	NM	0	0	Yes
Mar 24, 2010	IL	0	1	Yes
Dec 27, 2009	MO	0	0	Yes
May 11, 2009	IN	0	1	Yes
Jul 27, 2006	TX	0	0	Yes
Jun 22, 2006	IN	0	0	Yes
Apr 15, 2004	GA	0	2	No
Mar 22, 2003	MO	0	0	Yes