Carrier profile · USDOT 1495228 · MC-562163 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Z Brothers Trucking LLC

84 power unitsavg 2.6 yrNational · 29 statesBROOKLYN, OH94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-562163 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkszbrotherstruckingllc.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 6.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 97 vehicle and 246 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 4.6 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

240 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 20

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 84-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
84
Inspections · 24 mo
246
Annualized
≈123 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
21%
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 Driving66 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

57 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
15False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 8 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256026
20243003
20221011
20213013
20202012
20191001
20181010
20151001
20131001
20121001
20111001
20101001
20081001
20071001
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 28, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 28, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 29, 2025IN010Yes
Oct 22, 2025OH00Yes
May 10, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 25, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 26, 2024IA00Yes
Oct 10, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2024NC00Yes
Dec 1, 2022WY01Yes
Dec 14, 2021MT00Yes
Aug 4, 2021MO01Yes
Jan 29, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 7, 2020OK00Yes
Mar 19, 2020ND01Yes
Apr 8, 2019MO00Yes
Aug 11, 2018OH01No
Feb 24, 2015PA00Yes
Dec 31, 2013CA00Yes
Jan 14, 2012OH00Yes
Apr 8, 2011PA00Yes
Jun 9, 2010PA00Yes
Feb 20, 2008NY00Yes
Apr 11, 2007CO00Yes
Oct 27, 2006ND00Yes