Carrier profile · USDOT 166046 · MC-142305 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Wel Companies Inc

349 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 36 statesDE PERE, WI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142305 ACTIVERATED 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 14.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 298 vehicle and 557 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.9% · 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 2.6 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

546 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 38

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 349-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
349
Inspections · 24 mo
557
Annualized
≈279 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving252 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 40 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance25 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

40ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
12False logs
25Drove over hours

Trending worse — 65% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 629 total · 43 in 24 mo

629
Total crashes
43
In last 24 mo
18
Fatal
219
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026120112
2025200819
2024341933
2023171617
2022220722
2021240823
2020270924
2019271926
2018190619
2017240624
2016200420
2015362634
20144321239
20132411019
2012312931
20113401230
2010181817
2009160414
2008131612
2007170714
2006190719
2005190718
200410067
2003152412
20029048
2001130312
2000110610
19998147
199810069
19978148
19967046
19954133
19944034
19933022
19926056
19915144
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 31, 2026GA03Yes
May 5, 2026MN00Yes
Apr 10, 2026FL00Yes
Mar 5, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 25, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 20, 2026NY00Yes
Jan 16, 2026WI00Yes
Jan 14, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 11, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 6, 2026OK00Yes
Jan 1, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 14, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 13, 2025IA01Yes
Dec 9, 2025MS01Yes
Dec 5, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 5, 2025GA01No
Dec 1, 2025WI00Yes
Nov 20, 2025MS00Yes
Nov 18, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 2, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 8, 2025IN01Yes
Aug 7, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 25, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 24, 2025RI02Yes