WATKINS OIL COMPANY INCORPORATED

DOT# 176239 MC# 797486 DUNS# 17129149 Hillsdale, MI Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(517) 437-3140 karen@watkinsoil.net 120 W Fayette St, Hillsdale MI 49242
11 tractors 11 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 74.3 / 100
Low confidence
52 yrs history · 12 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
11
Drivers · CDL
11 · 11
Annual miles
25k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 4 0 11
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (04-03-2018) · 8 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-05-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
KAREN WINGATE
Officer
DONALD WAIDELY

Cargo

23.0
minimal risk
Liquids/Gases

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.76×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.59× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -6%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Hazmat violations
    1 hazmat violation.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
12
58% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
12.5%
1 of 8
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 12
National avg 6.7%
Violations
12
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 1,147 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.023
Inspections 0.68 0.66
Violations 0.55 0.54
Critical violations 0.05 0.08

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 10–19 power units, minimal-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

12 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    8 · 1 OOS
    Brakes 3 · Lights 3 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    1 · 0 OOS
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
on record since Aug 31, 2015 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2012
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Sep 10, 2012)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Michigan (HQ) 6
  • Ohio 5
  • Federal inspectors 1