Mutual Materials Company
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 8
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 52
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 66
- Annualized
- ≈33 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 95 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 72 total · 9 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 2026 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2026 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2026 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2025 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2025 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2025 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2024 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2024 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2024 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2024 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2022 | OR | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2022 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2021 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2021 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2021 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2020 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 31, 2018 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2018 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2017 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |