Carrier profile · USDOT 1398282 · MC-1161039 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Chefs' Warehouse West Coast LLC

DBA THE CHEFS' WAREHOUSE

208 power unitsavg 4.6 yrMulti-region · 12 statesWALNUT, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1161039 ACTIVE
Verified linkssidwainer.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 10.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 218 vehicle and 283 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 5.0 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

290 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 19

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 208-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
208
Inspections · 24 mo
297
Annualized
≈149 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
71%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
16%
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 Driving122 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 8 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness11 · 11 OOS
  • 376.11 Other violationOther10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 19 total · 4 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20243013
20231001
20223123
20212002
20191001
20162012
20152002
20141011
20061011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 26, 2025AZ00Yes
Feb 13, 2025WA00Yes
Feb 6, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 9, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 8, 2024OR00Yes
Jan 22, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 5, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 5, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 16, 2022CA01Yes
Aug 2, 2022TX11Yes
Feb 10, 2021CA00Yes
Feb 8, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 13, 2019CA00Yes
Oct 6, 2016CA00Yes
Feb 16, 2016CA01Yes
Aug 6, 2015CA00Yes
Mar 28, 2015CA00Yes
Nov 10, 2014CA01Yes
Apr 7, 2006CA01Yes