Carrier profile · USDOT 297498 · Updated Jul 4, 2026

Waste Management of Maine Inc

DBA W M PORTLAND MAINE

33 power unitsavg 8.2 yrLocal · 1 statesPORTLAND, ME88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 11.5%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 — 26 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 8.7 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 33-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.88 Television receiversVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 53 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 55 total · 3 in 24 mo

55
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20244004
20222022
20212012
20201001
20192012
20171001
20153123
20121011
20111001
20102021
20081001
20071011
20051001
20045025
20033003
20015041
20001011
19991110
19983031
19971011
19961011
19951001
19941001
19934001
19925022
19911010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 18, 2025ME00Yes
Nov 24, 2024ME00Yes
Aug 21, 2024WA00Yes
Mar 18, 2024ME00Yes
Jan 26, 2024ME00Yes
Nov 18, 2022ME01Yes
Aug 16, 2022ME01Yes
Oct 12, 2021ME01Yes
Jun 7, 2021ME00Yes
Jun 4, 2020ME00Yes
Nov 20, 2019ME01Yes
Jul 3, 2019ME00Yes
Apr 27, 2017ME00Yes
Feb 11, 2015ME01Yes
Feb 9, 2015ME12Yes
Jan 20, 2015ME00Yes
Jul 20, 2012ME01Yes
Dec 23, 2011ME00Yes
Aug 2, 2010ME01No
Apr 29, 2010ME02Yes
Jul 22, 2008ME00Yes
Mar 6, 2007ME04Yes
Oct 13, 2005ME00Yes
Dec 23, 2004ME00Yes
Oct 21, 2004ME00Yes