Carrier profile · USDOT 823115 · MC-457982 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Foothill Packing Inc

46 power unitsavg 10.2 yrRegional · 3 statesSALINAS, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-457982 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksfoothillpacking.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 11.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 215 vehicle and 118 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.5% · 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 4.4 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

215 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 19

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
218
Annualized
≈109 / yr
Coverage
≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
28%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 16 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 25 total · 4 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251001
20242102
20232002
20221011
20201011
20191001
20172002
20163013
20151001
20141001
20121001
20112002
20091011
20082002
20061001
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 16, 2026AZ01Yes
Aug 29, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 19, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 6, 2024AZ20Yes
Nov 13, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 20, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 2, 2022CA01Yes
Dec 19, 2020AZ01Yes
Dec 16, 2019AZ00Yes
Jul 19, 2017CA00Yes
Mar 25, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 5, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 11, 2016CA05Yes
Jun 22, 2016CA00Yes
Feb 14, 2015AZ00Yes
Apr 29, 2014CA00Yes
Jul 5, 2012CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2011CA00Yes
Sep 1, 2011CA00Yes
Apr 2, 2009CA02Yes
Jul 13, 2008CA00Yes
Apr 23, 2008CA00Yes
Nov 26, 2006CA00Yes
Mar 18, 2005CA00Yes