Carrier profile · USDOT 539491 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Wurth Baer Supply Company

90 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 23 statesVERNON HILLS, IL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkswurthbaersupply.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 14.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 133 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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 90-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
133
Annualized
≈67 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
23%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 49 total · 4 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251001
20244044
20233003
20224004
20214033
20201001
20192012
20185025
20174004
20153022
20145024
20121011
20111001
20101001
20072112
20041010
20031001
20001001
19982012
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 26, 2026KY00Yes
Apr 16, 2026MN03Yes
Dec 8, 2025KY00Yes
Aug 22, 2024KY02Yes
Jun 26, 2024MA01Yes
Apr 18, 2024IN01Yes
Jan 30, 2024OH01Yes
Sep 12, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 10, 2023MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 27, 2022IN00Yes
Dec 5, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 1, 2022MI00Yes
Apr 1, 2022MA00Yes
Jun 22, 2021NJ01No
May 5, 2021KY00Yes
Apr 8, 2021NY01Yes
Apr 2, 2021KY01Yes
Sep 2, 2020NJ00Yes
Oct 7, 2019KY00Yes
Feb 13, 2019NJ01Yes
Aug 21, 2018OH00Yes
Jul 24, 2018NJ01Yes
Jul 17, 2018KY00Yes
Jun 21, 2018KY00Yes