The Mcpherson Companies Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
118 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 109
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 119
- Annualized
- ≈60 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 177.817 Other violationOther4 · 4 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 89 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2026 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2026 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2025 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 3, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 14, 2024 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2023 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 24, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2022 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2022 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2021 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2020 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2020 | GA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Aug 8, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2020 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |