Carrier profile · USDOT 2924307 · MC-986489 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TAPLIN GROUP LLC

85 power unitsavg 7.2 yrRegional · 6 statesKALAMAZOO, MI69/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-986489 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 30.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 17.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 26 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 4.9 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 5

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 85-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
90%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 3 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252112
20242002
20234014
20221001
20211001
20194014
20182002
20172002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2025MI10Yes
Jun 12, 2025OH01Yes
Oct 17, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 29, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 29, 2023MI00Yes
Sep 12, 2023MI01Yes
Aug 29, 2023MI00Yes
May 19, 2023IN00Yes
Oct 17, 2022MI00Yes
Sep 2, 2021MI00Yes
Oct 3, 2019MI00Yes
May 21, 2019MI00Yes
Apr 26, 2019MI00Yes
Mar 21, 2019MI01Yes
May 16, 2018IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2018MI00Yes
Oct 9, 2017MI00Yes
May 16, 2017MI00Yes