Carrier profile · USDOT 651504 · MC-302120 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

West Penn Diesel & Refrigeration Inc

DBA WEST PENN DIESEL

35 power unitsavg 5 yrMulti-region · 10 statesSHELOCTA, PA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-302120 ACTIVE
Verified linksgowpd.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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 82 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 23.5 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

81 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 35-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
82
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 4 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252022
20245015
20231001
20212002
20202002
20191001
20183003
20172002
20161001
20153013
20142002
20132002
20122002
20111001
20103022
20081010
20051001
20041001
20031001
20011001
19992012
19983013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2025PA01Yes
Apr 1, 2025PA01Yes
Dec 19, 2024WV00Yes
Nov 11, 2024WV02Yes
Jun 21, 2024PA00Yes
May 23, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 2, 2024TN00Yes
Apr 12, 2023OH00Yes
Oct 30, 2021GA00Yes
Sep 22, 2021PA00Yes
May 21, 2020IN00Yes
Apr 22, 2020NC00Yes
Mar 15, 2019KY00Yes
Oct 30, 2018WV00Yes
Sep 6, 2018OH00Yes
Jul 16, 2018KY00Yes
Apr 26, 2017IN00Yes
Jan 6, 2017PA00Yes
Nov 3, 2016OH00Yes
Jun 15, 2015IN03Yes
May 11, 2015PA00Yes
Mar 10, 2015NC00Yes
Mar 9, 2014PA00Yes
Jan 21, 2014PA00Yes
Nov 7, 2013CT00Yes