HERNANDEZ TRUCKING
Legal: JOEL L HERNANDEZ
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20261 inspections · 4 violations (0 OOS) · 0% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Violations by BASIC
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Top cited codes
score = count × severity weight
- 1396.17(c)Vehicle Maint.
Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection
4
1× · sev 4
- 2393.9Vehicle Maint.
Inoperable Required Lamp
2
1× · sev 2
- 3393.95(a)Vehicle Maint.
No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher
2
1× · sev 2
- 4393.95(f)Vehicle Maint.
Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper
2
1× · sev 2
Most inspected in · top 1 states
- TX1
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
Safety trends & next-run projection
Where each BASIC sits today, how it ranks against peers, and where it’s heading at the next monthly SMS run.
FMCSA keeps the Crash Indicator percentile private, and its measure needs a power-unit history public data doesn’t expose — so it can’t be estimated yet. VioCodes now records power units monthly, so a calibrated Crash estimate should light up over time. These are the public crash facts (all state-reportable crashes count, regardless of fault).
“Projected” estimates the next monthly SMS run from inspections on record now. FMCSA marks the BASIC percentile itself “Not Public,” so the percentile shown is a VioCodes estimate of how the carrier ranks against its peers, presented as a likely range (shaded on the gauge) and calibrated against real carriers. Crash Indicator has no public estimate — FMCSA keeps its measures fully private. Estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Not affiliated with FMCSA.
Recommendations
What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.
Vehicle out-of-service rate exceeds the national average
High impactVehicle OOS rate is 50% vs the 22% national average. Carriers above the national OOS average draw more enforcement attention (audits, roadside stops) and can see higher insurance premiums.
- Review recent inspections with out-of-service violations and fix the root causes with equipment and drivers
- Run a preventative-maintenance program; periodically inspect tires, brakes and lights
- Reinforce thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections; retrain where needed
Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
- 393.9A-LSLI×2Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative.
- 393.9A-LRLI×2Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative
- 396.3A1-BALACBrake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber
- Walk the lights every pre-trip and carry spare bulbs/fuses
- Clean lenses and check the trailer plug for corrosion
- 393.9A-LTSIR×2Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit
- 393.47EBrake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt
- Walk the lights every pre-trip and carry spare bulbs/fuses
- Clean lenses and check the trailer plug for corrosion
Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Equipment
VINs via NHTSA4 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.
Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.
Crash record (US, last 24 months)
Total
1
Tow-away
1
Injury
0
Fatal
0
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Intrastate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- JOEL L HERNANDEZ
- Operation
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
- Registered since
- 2009-05-08
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2025-12-01
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 1 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares VINs or emails with 57 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
20 events- 12/01/2025MCS-150 update filed
0.1M mi reported (2024)
- 06/21/2019Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy OPO0051488
- 06/03/2019Insurance filed — PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CA 0718396
- 06/03/2019Insurance replaced — NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy OPO0051488
- 05/28/2019CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/04/2019)
- 08/22/2017Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy OPO0051468
- 07/26/2017CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/15/2017)
- 05/18/2016Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy OPO0044994
- 04/21/2016CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/18/2016)
- 05/18/2015Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy OPO0044919
- 04/21/2015CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/18/2015)
- 05/18/2014Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy OPO0043265
- 04/21/2014CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/16/2014)
- 05/18/2013Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy OPO0030290
- 04/22/2013CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/16/2013)
- 05/18/2012Insurance replaced — NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy WN050176
- 05/18/2011Insurance replaced — PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 5425904
- 06/05/2009MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (05/17/2024)
- 05/18/2009Insurance replaced — PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 5425904
- 05/08/2009Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2025-12-01
- Reported mileage
- 51,308 mi (2024)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyJanuary, 2021
First on-record entry — JOEL HERNANDEZ, PLAINVIEW, TX
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