GRIFFIN BEVERAGE COMPANY
USDOT 274225MC-Docket MC254332WEST BRANCH, MI
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GRIFFIN BEVERAGE COMPANY (USDOT 274225) in WEST BRANCH, MI — 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 is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- Cargo insurance on file.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 8 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.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 2 times, most recent 2005-11-17 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2012-06-12 (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.
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 1.44
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.37
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 7.8
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
4
Injuries
8
Crashes
49
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
13
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- Yes
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 61
- Total drivers
- 61
- Years in business
- 40
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 8 of 8 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 1.9%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 37%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 2005-11-17
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-29
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2012-06-12 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
75
Inspections
12
OOS inspections
153
Violations
17
OOS violations
2
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-07 → 2026-06-10.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-03-04
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2026-02-12
MI
Tow-away
2026-01-22
MI
Tow-away
2025-10-08
OH
2 injuredTow-away
2025-03-05
MI
Tow-away
2025-01-14
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2024-12-11
MI
Tow-away
2024-08-01
MI
Tow-away
2024-05-10
MI
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
88 | 21 | 2026-06-10 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
47 | 0 | 2026-06-10 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
8 | 4 | 2026-03-09 |
Hours of service 395
|
7 | 1 | 2025-10-08 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
2 | 1 | 2026-06-08 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2026-03-03 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2026-03-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2026-03-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-02-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2026-01-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Horn - Inoperative or defective | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Inadequate lining/pad thickness on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2025-10-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2025-10-02 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-09-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Both lamps on rearmost vehicle inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-09-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-08-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2025-08-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-08-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2025-08-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit | — |
| 2025-08-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-08-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-07-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | The sliding suspension attachment member (undercarriage body rail) on either side exhibits 50% or more of attachment fas | OOS |
| 2025-07-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-07-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers side retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or after December 1 | — |
| 2025-07-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Rear Impact Guards - All other CMV's manufactured after December 31 1952 inadequate or missing | — |
| 2025-07-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-07-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-06-23 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-04-14 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding work/construction zone | — |
| 2025-04-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-04-04 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2025-04-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-03-13 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any obscured on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-01-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-01-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify shipping document number. | — |
| 2025-01-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to certify the record immediately after the final required entry has been made or corrected f | — |
| 2025-01-09 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-01-09 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2024-12-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2024-11-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Paper Rolls - Improper securement of paper rolls transported with eyes vertical in a sided vehicle | OOS |
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.
2026-06-10 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TEPBM | — | — |
2026-06-08 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | OOS | — |
2026-05-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-04-14 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
2026-03-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLMF | — | — |
2026-03-09 22 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LHLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LFTSM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BI-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BI-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BIBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201A-FRCLS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201B-FR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TFSMF | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 65C-FNS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 7A-UOC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
2026-03-03 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 9-SLL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-02-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
2026-01-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLMF | — | — |
2025-10-24 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLDL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 81-H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
2025-10-08 10 viols· 3 OOSPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E-CBP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMBD-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47D1-BLTBD-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100B-C | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201A-VUCS | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-10-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-09-24 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9B-LRLIWR | OOS | — |
2025-09-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
2025-08-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
2025-08-01 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
2025-07-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-07-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-07-09 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-AABRF50 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 86B1-RIG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11B-CSSRR | — | — |
2025-06-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-04-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSWZ | — | — |
2025-04-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-04-02 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
2025-03-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2025-01-23 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B2-ELDDFC24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III-ELDSDN | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9B-LTSO | OOS | — |
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