GRANITE ROCK COMPANY

DOT# 714188 MC# 207735 Watsonville, CA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(831) 768-2000 dleffel@graniterock.com 350 Technology Drive, Watsonville CA 95076
351 power units 396 drivers
HazMat Intrastate Only
Satisfactory
FRED Score 70.3 / 100
Low confidence
29 yrs history · 134 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
351
Drivers · CDL
396 · 149
Annual miles
2.7M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 229 65 0 294
Tractors 35 18 0 53
Trailers 71 9 0 80

Registration

Registered
11-13-1997 (29 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-16-2024 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
KEVIN JEFFERY
Officer
PETER LEMON

Cargo

60.9
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Building Materials Dry Bulk Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large

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

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 351 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 75 units seen in 24 months, 0.19 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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).

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

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: private fleets of 200–499 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 0.81×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
2.0 vs 2.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
2.0
Similar fleets
2.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~6%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 4 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2 a year), including 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2.4 a year. The grade counts 9 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.25×, out-of-service orders 0.56× and violations 0.67× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -21%.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 27 of 60 violations (45%). Brake or light defects led to 9 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 75 of the 351 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (134 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 351 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 11.4% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • 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, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
134
73% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
11.4%
13 of 114
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 134
National avg 6.7%
Violations
60
14 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 17 inspections, 2 out of service 17 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 8 inspections, 2 out of service 8 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 15 inspections, 2 out of service 15 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 22 inspections, 4 out of service 22 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 21 inspections, 1 out of service 21 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 25 inspections, 1 out of service 25 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 15 inspections, 2 out of service 15 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 1,008 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.004 0.022
Inspections 0.26 0.74
Violations 0.09 0.32
Critical violations 0.01 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

60 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    55 · 14 OOS
    Brakes 27 · Lights 15 · Steering & suspension 3 · Cargo securement 2 · Tires 2 · 6 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 3 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
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
  • Dec
    17
    2025
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Sep
    25
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    21
    2025
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Oct
    22
    2024
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INS.CO. RISK RETENTION G (risk retention group)
on record since Jun 1, 2026 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1987
1 other liability filing also on file
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority inactive (FMCSA's new registration system, status since May 13, 2022)

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
  • California (HQ) 134

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).