POWERSOURCE TRANSPORTATION INC
USDOT 565162MC-Docket MC275890PORTAGE, IN
Review before tenderingHazmat-authorized104 power units
POWERSOURCE TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 565162) in PORTAGE, IN — 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.
- Cargo insurance on file.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 11 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2009-10-21 (C).
- 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
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 2.57
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.32
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.03
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 3.78
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
12
Injuries
15
Crashes
310
Inspections
27
OOS inspections
37
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- Yes
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 104
- Total drivers
- 104
- Years in business
- 32
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 11 of 15 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0.3%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 16.9%
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
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-03-20
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2009-10-21 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
543
Inspections
50
OOS inspections
437
Violations
68
OOS violations
4
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-05-30 → 2026-05-23.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-02-18
GA
Tow-away
2025-12-02
MO
1 injuredTow-away
2025-11-17
NY
Tow-away
2025-10-16
OH
1 injuredTow-away
2025-10-16
OK
1 injured
2025-09-29
IA
Tow-away
2025-07-12
CA
1 injuredTow-away
2025-05-30
TX
Tow-away
2025-05-20
KY
1 injuredTow-away
2025-03-29
OK
1 injuredTow-away
2025-03-25
NC
1 injured
2024-11-25
PA
3 injuredTow-away
2024-10-29
WY
Tow-away
2024-06-20
VA
1 injuredTow-away
2024-06-10
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2024-05-21
TN
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
180 | 45 | 2026-05-06 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
83 | 0 | 2026-05-07 |
Hours of service 395
|
56 | 0 | 2026-04-21 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
34 | 17 | 2026-04-21 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-07-24 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2025-07-23 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2026-04-21 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-04-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2026-04-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2026-04-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-04-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2026-04-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2026-02-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-02-13 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone | — |
| 2026-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Steering - Pitman arm loose on the output shaft | OOS |
| 2026-01-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Lamps improper color height location. | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-12-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-12-16 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-12-12 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers | — |
| 2025-12-12 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Unlawfully parking /leaving vehicle on roadway | — |
| 2025-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | OOS |
| 2025-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | OOS |
| 2025-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | — |
| 2025-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-12-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-12-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2025-12-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-11-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Cracks between stud holes/hand holes | OOS |
| 2025-11-18 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2025-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2025-11-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2025-11-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2025-11-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - not readily accessible or filled | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Suspension - Deflated air suspension | OOS |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-10-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-10-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to certify the record immediately after the final required entry has been made or corrected f | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-10-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Crimped or restricted | — |
| 2025-10-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle | — |
| 2025-10-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-09-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2026-05-06 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2026-04-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2026-04-21 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3II | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2026-04-20 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
2026-04-15 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
2026-04-04 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2026-03-31 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMBD | — | — |
2026-03-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
2026-02-26 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2026-02-14 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-02-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82DUMT | — | — |
2026-02-05 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
2026-01-28 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209D-STPAL | OOS | — |
2026-01-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LCHL | — | — |
2026-01-13 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-12-23 1 viol· 1 OOSPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-12-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2025-12-12 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUP | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22A-D | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22B-DFPWD | — | — |
2025-12-11 6 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9BRKLAMP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | OOS | — |
2025-12-02 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
2025-11-20 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205A-WRBH | OOS | — |
2025-11-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
2025-11-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
2025-11-11 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA3 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2WG | — | — |
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