Carrier profile · USDOT 1438051 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tarantino Foods LLC

27 power unitsavg 5.2 yrLocal · 1 statesBUFFALO, NY84/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkstarantinofoods.netFMCSA 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 4

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 27-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
28
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
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 Driving14 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.15 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 46 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20221001
20214024
20191001
20182002
20171001
20162012
20152012
20131011
20121011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 6, 2025NY01Yes
May 7, 2022NY00Yes
Sep 20, 2021NY01Yes
Jun 28, 2021NY00Yes
Jun 4, 2021NY02Yes
Mar 19, 2021NY00Yes
Jan 25, 2019NY00Yes
Dec 31, 2018NY00Yes
Nov 1, 2018NY00Yes
Mar 15, 2017NY00Yes
Sep 19, 2016NY01Yes
Aug 12, 2016NY00Yes
Jun 16, 2015NY01Yes
Jan 14, 2015NY00Yes
Oct 19, 2013NY01Yes
Sep 29, 2012NY02Yes