Carrier profile · USDOT 1489984 · MC-561136 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

W J Menkins Hauling Inc

30 power unitsavg 6.9 yrLocal · 2 statesBOYERTOWN, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-561136 ACTIVE
Verified linkswjmenkins.comFMCSA SAFER

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 5.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 46.7 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 8

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 30-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 65 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 54 total · 5 in 24 mo

54
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20241001
20233003
20225024
20215025
20209059
20195135
20185015
20173013
20163013
20153023
20143012
20132012
20101001
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2026PA00Yes
May 1, 2026PA01Yes
Dec 26, 2025NJ01Yes
Nov 12, 2025NJ00Yes
Feb 28, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 11, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 27, 2023PA00Yes
Apr 13, 2023PA00Yes
Apr 13, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 1, 2022NJ00Yes
Jul 1, 2022NJ00Yes
May 27, 2022NJ01Yes
May 16, 2022PA00Yes
Mar 21, 2022PA01No
Aug 24, 2021PA00Yes
Aug 4, 2021NJ02Yes
May 28, 2021PA01Yes
Mar 26, 2021PA00Yes
Mar 26, 2021PA00Yes
Nov 16, 2020PA00Yes
Nov 3, 2020PA01Yes
Oct 30, 2020NJ01Yes
Aug 3, 2020NJ00Yes
Jun 11, 2020NJ01Yes
Jun 11, 2020PA01Yes