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Company CheckJAMES F BACON · DOT 1474687

DBA: BACON TRANSPORTATION

130 BEAN RD, MERCER, ME, 04957

DOT# 1474687 MC# 571665 Mercer, Maine 19 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jul 24, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Oct 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Oct 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jul 22, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 16, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address130 BEAN RD, MERCER, ME, 04957

Mailing Address130 BEAN RD, MERCER, ME, 04957

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC571665

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating19 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .45 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.8 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage54,525 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS20.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review07/08/2011

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/08/2026

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #GRT01201A

Last checked07/24/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage54,525 mi

Operating19 years

MCS-15010/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 07/08/2011 | Rated: 07/24/2010

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

2 · 0 OOS -

2025

6 · 1 OOS ▲

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Oct 2025, 6 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (16.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

5 roadside violations across 6 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 4 violations · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (8)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
10/29/2025	ME	Full (Level I)	WARREN	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/29/2025	ME	Full (Level I)	WARREN	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	ME	Full (Level I)	FAIRFEILD - SCALES (HINCKLEY)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/16/2025	ME	Full (Level I)	PITTSFIELD - SCALES NB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2025	ME	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY - SCALES	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
03/28/2025	ME	Driver-Only (Level III)	BELFAST	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2024	ME	Full (Level I)	SKOWHEGAN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2024	ME	Full (Level I)	SKOWHEGAN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections6

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874701	$0	12/29/2009	04/08/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874701	$750,000	12/29/2009	04/08/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874703	$750,000	11/17/2011	06/12/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874702	$750,000	11/04/2010	05/05/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874702	$0	11/04/2010	04/29/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874702	$750,000	10/05/2010	11/04/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874702	$0	10/05/2010	11/04/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0026950	$0	08/03/2008	03/15/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT-660-5436C342-06	$0	08/03/2006	08/13/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT-660-5436C342-06	$0	08/03/2006	08/03/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	479205	$750,000	07/31/2006	03/14/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874706	$750,000	06/12/2014	03/11/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874705	$750,000	06/12/2013	06/12/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874705	$750,000	06/12/2013	07/23/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874704	$750,000	06/12/2012	06/12/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874703	$750,000	06/12/2011	11/17/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874702	$750,000	06/12/2010	10/05/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874702	$0	06/12/2010	10/05/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874701	$0	06/12/2009	12/29/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874701	$750,000	06/12/2009	12/29/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 2102497	$750,000	05/07/2020	05/07/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0064162	$750,000	05/07/2019	05/07/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0064162	$750,000	05/07/2019	05/16/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA0084970	$750,000	05/07/2015	05/07/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874701	$750,000	05/06/2010	06/12/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874701	$0	05/06/2010	06/12/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874702	$750,000	05/05/2011	06/12/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874701	$0	04/08/2010	05/06/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA04874701	$750,000	04/08/2010	05/06/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO0118341	$1,000,000	03/18/2008	03/15/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0027440	$0	03/15/2009	07/01/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0027440	$0	03/15/2009	06/12/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0027440	$1,000,000	03/15/2009	07/01/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0027440	$1,000,000	03/15/2009	06/12/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN549788	$750,000	03/14/2007	03/18/2008	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/02/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/21/2009
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/21/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/10/2011
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/04/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/05/2010
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/08/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/13/2010
MC571665	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/17/2006	REVOKED	03/17/2015
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/17/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/07/2008
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/04/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/16/2009
MC571665	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/20/2015	-	-
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/17/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/16/2010
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/16/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/14/2011
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/20/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/07/2020
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/10/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/06/2019
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/09/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/12/2010
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/08/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/19/2011
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/05/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/12/2010
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/17/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/16/2009
MC571665	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/15/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/13/2007

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88/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 88

−12

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

Conditional safety rating−12

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/8/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Conditional rating (acceptable, but not Unsatisfactory).

What's lowering this score

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

JAMES F BACON

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (8)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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