Carrier profile · USDOT 4162868 · MC-1599972 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TMATSON EXPRESS LLC

1 power unitavg 10 yrMulti-region · 11 statesATTICA, OH0/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1599972 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER

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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered Nov 3, 2025

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 36.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 18.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 23.6 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈11.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 22
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈11.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

85%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

60%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

77%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

80%

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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

2False logs

2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024		1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 6, 2024	MD	0	0	Yes