Carrier profile · USDOT 822474 · MC-363944 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tapia Enterprises Inc

DBA TAPIA BROS CO

145 power unitsavg 6.5 yrMulti-region · 8 statesMAYWOOD, CA70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-363944 STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 196 vehicle and 260 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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

253 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 18

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 145-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
145
Inspections · 24 mo
260
Annualized
≈130 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving55 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 16 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

40ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
2False logs
8Drove over hours

17 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 61 total · 4 in 24 mo

61
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20241001
20235025
20222002
20214014
20205015
20195025
20183013
20176026
20164014
20154124
20142012
20111001
20101100
20093003
20081001
20072002
20061001
20052002
20041001
20031001
20011011
19992002
19981001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 13, 2026CA00Yes
Jun 26, 2025NV02Yes
Apr 3, 2025UT01Yes
Aug 21, 2024UT00Yes
Nov 22, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 9, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 28, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 21, 2023CA02Yes
Aug 9, 2023CA01Yes
Mar 29, 2022AZ00Yes
Jan 31, 2022UT00Yes
Aug 9, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 30, 2021CA00Yes
May 31, 2021CA01Yes
Mar 24, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2020CA01Yes
Dec 12, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 24, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 5, 2020AZ00Yes
Mar 11, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 31, 2019AZ01Yes
Aug 31, 2019CA00Yes
Apr 6, 2019CA01Yes
Mar 20, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 12, 2019UT00Yes