Carrier profile · USDOT 29948 · MC-309814 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tessenderlo Kerley Inc

14 power unitsavg 8.9 yrMulti-region · 9 statesPHOENIX, AZ88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-309814 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 8.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · 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 9.3 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 14-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 14
Inspections · 24 mo: 24
Annualized: ≈12 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

18%

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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 40 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2012	1	1	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	1	1
1997	1	0	0	1
1993	2	0	1	1
1992	1	0	0	0
1990	1	0	0	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Oct 30, 2024	CA	0	0	Yes
Jul 2, 2021	OK	0	0	Yes
May 27, 2020	CA	0	0	Yes
Dec 17, 2018	OK	0	0	Yes
Oct 27, 2017	KS	0	0	Yes
Jul 6, 2016	CA	0	1	Yes
Jul 30, 2014	KS	0	0	Yes
Apr 27, 2012	WA	1	0	Yes
Apr 5, 2011	KS	0	0	Yes
Feb 15, 2010	WA	0	0	Yes
Feb 25, 2008	OK	0	1	Yes
Feb 13, 1997	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jul 5, 1993	TX	0	1	Yes
Jan 15, 1993	MI	0	0	No
Sep 29, 1992	CA	0	0	No
Dec 23, 1990	OR	0	0	No