LION ML LLC
USDOT 3971056MC-Docket MC1483878LOCKPORT, IL
Review before tenderingHazmat-authorized17 power units
LION ML LLC (USDOT 3971056) in LOCKPORT, IL — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 4.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 2 times, most recent 2025-06-18 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.75
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.42
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 4.18
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
42
Inspections
12
OOS inspections
15
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 17
- Total drivers
- 17
- Years in business
- 4
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 4
- Driver OOS rate
- 7.1%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 27.3%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 2 times last 2025-06-18
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-26
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
49
Inspections
14
OOS inspections
63
Violations
20
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2024-02-12 → 2026-05-22.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-02-04
MT
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
20 | 9 | 2026-03-12 |
Hours of service 395
|
13 | 1 | 2026-04-24 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
8 | 3 | 2026-01-05 |
General safety regulations 390
|
4 | 0 | 2025-10-21 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 1 | 2026-03-02 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2026-04-12 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | OOS |
| 2026-04-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2026-03-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2026-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Steering - Power steering reservoir low fluid | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers side retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or after December 1 | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-03-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Insufficient tiedowns to prevent forward movement for load not blocked by headerboard bulkhead or other cargo | OOS |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failure to prevent cargo shifting | OOS |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD user's manual | — |
| 2026-02-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Bearing cap plug or filler plug missing or broken | OOS |
| 2025-10-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective parking brake system on CMV | OOS |
| 2025-04-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | — |
| 2025-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2025-02-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-02-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Insufficient aggregate working load limit for cargo transported | OOS |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Damaged securement devices/tiedowns | — |
| 2025-01-08 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-01-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV | OOS |
| 2025-01-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-01-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-11-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving after 70 hours on duty in a 8 day period. (Property carrying vehicle) | OOS |
| 2024-11-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False Record of Duty Status - Improper use of Personal Conveyance Exception | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective automatic trailer brake | OOS |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 20 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24C1I | — | — |
2026-04-12 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
2026-04-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
2026-03-12 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
2026-03-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1 | — | — |
2026-03-04 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209E-SPSRLF | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11B-CSSRR | — | — |
2026-03-02 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 110B | OOS | — |
2026-02-16 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-HCM | OOS | — |
2026-01-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLL | — | — |
2025-10-21 10 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 35 | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
2025-04-16 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9BRKLAMP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41 | OOS | — |
2025-03-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2025-03-10 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C-WRAWFLMIB | — | — |
2025-02-08 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
2025-02-05 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-02-04 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43DBMA | OOS | — |
2024-11-01 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1-PC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3B2 | OOS | — |
2024-10-31 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
2024-03-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-02-12 5 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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