Carrier profile · USDOT 1090576 · MC-869526 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tom Kraemer Inc

55 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 4 statesCOLD SPRING, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-869526 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 31.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 10.6 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 4

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 55-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
55
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 13, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251010
20243013
20221001
20201010
20171001
20142002
20071001
20042122
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 15, 2025MN01No
Aug 6, 2024MN00Yes
Jun 3, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 4, 2024MN03Yes
May 9, 2022MN00Yes
Mar 13, 2020MN01No
Aug 1, 2017MN00Yes
Apr 16, 2014MN00Yes
Feb 5, 2014MN00Yes
Apr 26, 2007MN00Yes
Sep 23, 2004MN21Yes
Jun 11, 2004MN01Yes