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FRANCIS R HELM JR

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Company CheckFRANCIS R HELM JR · DOT 816374

DBA: HELM SALVAGE AND TRUCKING

909 COUNTY LINE RD, CHATEAUGAY, NY, 12920

DOT# 816374 MC# 853864 Chateaugay, New York 12 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jul 25, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Oct 20, 2025
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Oct 3, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jan 16, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address909 COUNTY LINE RD, CHATEAUGAY, NY, 12920

Mailing Address909 COUNTY LINE RD, CHATEAUGAY, NY, 12920

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC853864

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating12 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 10.42 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage282,103 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS40.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/17/2026

CompanyACADIA INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CAA 5455475

Last checked07/24/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet14 units

Drivers5

Mileage282,103 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service2

OOS Rate40.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

2023

3 · 1 OOS -

2024

2 · 1 OOS =

2025

3 · 1 OOS =

2026

1 · 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 Jun 2026, 6 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

12 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 10 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 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 (9)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/16/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	PERU NY	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
10/20/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHAMPLAIN NY	4	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/03/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLATTSBURGH NY	4	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/16/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	TUPPER LAKE NY	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTH LAWRENCE NY	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTH HUDSON NY	1	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
12/21/2023	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	CEDAR COMMONS PARKING LOT	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/09/2023	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	VALCOUR (NB)	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/25/2023	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BOMBAY ROADSIDE	2	1	2	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections5

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO1403055	$750,000	12/04/2017	12/04/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO1403055	$750,000	12/04/2017	01/02/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACADIA INSURANCE COMPANY	CAA 5178047	$750,000	12/04/2014	12/04/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO1390946	$750,000	01/31/2014	12/04/2014	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC853864	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/07/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/15/2020
MC853864	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/07/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/15/2020
MC853864	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/30/2015	-	-
MC853864	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/30/2015	-	-
MC853864	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/13/2014	REVOKED	12/10/2014
MC853864	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/13/2014	REVOKED	12/10/2014

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 40% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 40% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

FRANCIS R HELM JR

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Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (9)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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