Carrier profile · USDOT 844277 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The George J Falter Co

38 power unitsavg 5.4 yrRegional · 5 statesBALTIMORE, MD94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksgeorgejfalter.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 3.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 94 vehicle and 100 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 2.9 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

99 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 10

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
100
Annualized
≈50 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 153 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 4 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253023
20241001
20231001
20222012
20191011
20161001
20142002
20071010
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2026PA00Yes
Oct 16, 2025DE00Yes
May 8, 2025DE01Yes
Jan 31, 2025PA01Yes
Jul 23, 2024DE00Yes
Feb 17, 2023MD00Yes
Dec 21, 2022MD00Yes
Jan 25, 2022MD01Yes
Sep 11, 2019MD02Yes
Oct 4, 2016MD00Yes
Jun 26, 2014VA00Yes
Jan 4, 2014DE00Yes
Aug 31, 2007MD01No
Feb 1, 2005MD00Yes