JOE SIMAK & SONS TRUCKING INC
DBA: SIMAK TRUCKING & EXCAVATING INC
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 20
- Drivers · CDL
- 16 · 16
- Annual miles
- 408k unreliable
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Tractors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Trailers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Conditional (02-16-1989)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 37 yr ago)
- Registered
- 11-15-1988 (38 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 06-26-2025 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- ERIC S MCCROSKEY
- Officer
- JAIMIE PICARD
Cargo
- High-Risk Cargo
- Machinery Large
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
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).
Not enough record to grade yet.
11 inspections and 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.
Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.
A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.
Worth a closer look
From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.
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Fatal crash1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent May 21, 2026).Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
- Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
- 100% of inspections found no violations.
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Unreliable reported mileageThe motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
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Estimated mileageNo usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
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Historical FMCSA safety ratingFMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.
Track record
Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Ohio (about 19 in 24 months would be typical).
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.050 | 0.029 |
| Inspections | 0.38 | 1.11 |
| Violations | 0.00 | 0.77 |
| Critical violations | 0.00 | 0.15 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
0 violations · 24 monthsNo violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
May212026OhioFatal · 1 deathDaylight, one-way trafficway not divided.In the newsOSP investigates two-vehicle fatal crash Thursday in Milton TownshipThe Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio) · May 21, 2026
Why this link: FMCSA crash report OH0265101318 (Canfield Osp) lists JOE SIMAK & SONS TRUCKING INC’s truck in this crash. This third-party news report covers a crash with the same date, place and number of deaths, matched automatically. It may not name JOE SIMAK & SONS TRUCKING INC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?
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Dec42024PennsylvaniaProperty damage onlyIce road, dark - not lighted.
About “In the news”: these links go to third-party news reports that FRED Score matched automatically to FMCSA crash records — same date and place, with a truck or bus involved, and the same number of deaths or, for a crash that released hazardous materials, the release — and checked a second time before showing. A link doesn't mean this motor carrier caused the crash: FMCSA crash reports don't assign fault, and news coverage can be incomplete or wrong. FRED Score doesn't verify or endorse what the articles say.
1 of the 2 crashes was fatal.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
- Ohio (HQ) 10
- Pennsylvania 1
How the estimate is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (20 power units: 20 filed, 9 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 20 power units this active to have about 0.5 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 3 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 1.0 a year) — about 2.1× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.6 over the next 12 — about 1.3× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 0 | 0.00 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (05-NOV-25 – 26-JUN-26) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.