Carrier profile · USDOT 446353 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Yahnis Company Inc

DBA CHRIS J YAHNIS CORP AND CHRIS J YAHNIS COSTAL CORP

59 power unitsavg 11.1 yrLocal · 1 statesFLORENCE, SC94/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 2

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 59-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 59
Inspections · 24 mo: 9
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

32%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

16measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 16 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2019	2	0	1	2
2017	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	2	2
2014	1	0	1	1
2011	2	0	2	1
2005	1	0	1	0
2004	1	0	0	1
2003	1	0	0	1
2002	2	0	2	1
2001	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1	1
1998	1	1	0	1
1997	2	0	2	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 12, 2019	SC	0	0	Yes
Mar 21, 2019	SC	0	1	Yes
Jun 5, 2017	SC	0	0	Yes
Dec 31, 2015	SC	0	1	Yes
Aug 20, 2015	SC	0	3	Yes
Feb 14, 2014	SC	0	2	Yes
Aug 11, 2011	SC	0	2	No
Apr 15, 2011	SC	0	1	Yes
Dec 19, 2005	SC	0	1	No
Jun 30, 2004	SC	0	0	Yes
Feb 26, 2003	SC	0	0	Yes
Dec 20, 2002	SC	0	1	No
May 22, 2002	SC	0	1	Yes
Dec 20, 2001	SC	0	2	Yes
Feb 5, 1999	SC	0	1	Yes
May 15, 1998	SC	1	0	Yes
Dec 24, 1997	SC	0	1	Yes
Oct 29, 1997	SC	0	1	Yes