Carrier profile · USDOT 1286282 · MC-568814 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Specialty Foods Distribution Inc

66 power unitsavg 6.2 yrMulti-region · 9 statesJOPLIN, MO87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-568814 ACTIVE
Verified linksspecfoodinc.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 27.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 2.6 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 66-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
66
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 29 total · 8 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254013
20243013
20221001
20211001
20202012
20193013
20171001
20161011
20151001
20141001
20131010
20111011
20103003
20072002
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 15, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 9, 2026MO01Yes
Dec 12, 2025MO00Yes
Aug 19, 2025AR00Yes
Jun 2, 2025MO00Yes
May 19, 2025OK01No
Sep 21, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 27, 2024IA03Yes
Jan 2, 2024OK00Yes
Feb 25, 2022IA00Yes
Dec 17, 2021MO00Yes
Sep 29, 2020IA00Yes
Jun 5, 2020MO01Yes
Nov 27, 2019OK00Yes
Nov 8, 2019MO01Yes
Apr 30, 2019AR00Yes
May 16, 2017MO00Yes
Aug 24, 2016AR01Yes
Oct 30, 2015AR00Yes
Apr 15, 2014IL00Yes
Jan 22, 2013KS01No
Jun 1, 2011MO01Yes
Oct 19, 2010AR00Yes
Sep 1, 2010KS00Yes