Carrier profile · USDOT 613963 · MC-592191 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Samuels & Son Seafood Co Inc

97 power unitsavg 4.4 yrMulti-region · 9 statesPHILADELPHIA, PA88/100
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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 4.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 117 vehicle and 181 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.3% · 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

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

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 97-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
97
Inspections · 24 mo
181
Annualized
≈91 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
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 Driving44 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness21 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 31 total · 4 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253032
20242012
20232002
20224013
20214014
20202012
20182012
20174024
20163013
20151001
20121011
20111010
20091001
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 1, 2025PA01Yes
Mar 17, 2025DE02No
Feb 8, 2025PA01Yes
Sep 17, 2024PA00Yes
May 10, 2024NJ03Yes
Jun 14, 2023NJ00Yes
May 12, 2023NJ00Yes
Nov 12, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 5, 2022NJ01No
Aug 28, 2022PA00Yes
Aug 25, 2022PA00Yes
Dec 4, 2021PA00Yes
Oct 23, 2021PA01Yes
Jul 31, 2021PA00Yes
Feb 1, 2021NJ00Yes
Apr 10, 2020PA00Yes
Mar 7, 2020NJ01Yes
Mar 16, 2018NJ01Yes
Feb 20, 2018MD00Yes
Nov 16, 2017NJ01Yes
Sep 11, 2017NJ00Yes
Mar 10, 2017PA00Yes
Jan 7, 2017NY01Yes
Aug 20, 2016PA00Yes
May 11, 2016VA00Yes