Carrier profile · USDOT 243005 · MC-654584 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Upper Lakes Foods Inc

79 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 22 statesCLOQUET, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-654584 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 12.7%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 — 63 vehicle and 117 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 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

114 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 79-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
79
Inspections · 24 mo
117
Annualized
≈59 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 40 total · 7 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20254004
20241001
20232102
20221001
20195025
20181011
20171001
20161011
20152002
20121011
20113012
20085014
20071001
20052002
20041001
20033003
20011001
19991001
19971010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026MN00Yes
May 19, 2026MN00Yes
May 4, 2026IL00Yes
Oct 24, 2025MT00Yes
Oct 14, 2025MN00Yes
Oct 12, 2025OK00Yes
Oct 11, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 6, 2024WI00Yes
Jul 28, 2023WI10Yes
Apr 17, 2023WI00Yes
Jul 22, 2022MN00Yes
Dec 19, 2019MN00Yes
Dec 18, 2019MN00Yes
Nov 22, 2019MN00Yes
Aug 22, 2019WI01Yes
Feb 6, 2019MN01Yes
Aug 27, 2018MN01Yes
Nov 14, 2017MI00Yes
Dec 6, 2016WI01Yes
Dec 28, 2015MN00Yes
Sep 10, 2015WI00Yes
May 31, 2012WI01Yes
Feb 18, 2011ND00Yes
Feb 5, 2011MN00Yes
Jan 17, 2011MN01No