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Michels Pacific Energy Inc — compliance record

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Vetting summary

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Inspections

127 on file

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Out-of-service

Within normal range vs national averages

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Email identity

Company domain, matches website

Federal identity

Registration snapshot

Legal name

Michels Pacific Energy Inc

DBA

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Entity type

Carrier

Physical address

5898 Silver Creek Valley Road, San Jose, CA 95138

Phone

(669) 275-2668

Power units

411

Drivers

439

First on record

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Last MCS-150 filing

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Hazmat flag

No

Operating authority

Dockets & filings

No L&I dockets on file for this DOT number.

Out-of-service rates

Driver OOS

3.1%

National average ≈ 5.9% · 127 inspections on record

Vehicle OOS

10.2%

National average ≈ 20.9% · 127 inspections on record

Email & web forensics

✓

On-file email

kbenike@michels.us — company domain

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Mail host

Enterprise (Proofpoint)

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Domain match

Email domain matches the company website

From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.

Crash record — last 24 months

2

Reportable crashes

2

Tow-aways

1

With injuries

0

With fatalities

Most recent: CA 05/2025 · CA 10/2024 · CA 05/2024 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.

Safety record

Inspection history

2026: 192025: 342024: 462023: 28
Level I — Full: 60Level II — Walk-around: 29Level III — Driver-only: 24Level V — Vehicle-only: 13Level IV — Special: 1
DateStateLevel
Jul 23, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jul 17, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jun 25, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jun 9, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 4, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jun 3, 2026CALevel I — Full
May 27, 2026CALevel III — Driver-only
May 27, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
May 5, 2026CALevel I — Full
Apr 16, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Mar 12, 2026CALevel I — Full
Mar 9, 2026ORLevel I — Full
Mar 6, 2026CALevel I — Full
Feb 15, 2026CALevel II — Walk-around
Feb 9, 2026CALevel III — Driver-only
Jan 20, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jan 20, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jan 19, 2026CALevel I — Full
Jan 8, 2026CALevel I — Full
Dec 30, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Dec 18, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Dec 15, 2025CALevel I — Full
Dec 12, 2025CALevel III — Driver-only
Dec 6, 2025CALevel I — Full
Nov 17, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Nov 13, 2025IDLevel III — Driver-only
Oct 24, 2025CALevel III — Driver-only
Sep 24, 2025CALevel III — Driver-only
Sep 18, 2025IDLevel III — Driver-only
Aug 30, 2025CALevel I — Full
Aug 30, 2025CALevel IV — Special
Aug 27, 2025IDLevel I — Full
Aug 19, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Aug 10, 2025CALevel I — Full
Aug 8, 2025CALevel I — Full
Jul 10, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 23, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 3, 2025CALevel I — Full
May 29, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
May 15, 2025CALevel I — Full
May 9, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
May 8, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Apr 22, 2025CALevel I — Full
Mar 10, 2025CALevel III — Driver-only
Mar 3, 2025ORLevel I — Full
Feb 10, 2025CALevel I — Full
Feb 4, 2025CALevel I — Full
Jan 31, 2025CALevel I — Full
Jan 31, 2025CALevel III — Driver-only
Jan 29, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Jan 21, 2025CALevel I — Full
Jan 16, 2025CALevel II — Walk-around
Jan 14, 2025CALevel I — Full
Dec 23, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Dec 3, 2024CALevel III — Driver-only
Nov 9, 2024CALevel III — Driver-only
Nov 7, 2024CALevel I — Full
Nov 6, 2024CALevel I — Full
Nov 1, 2024CALevel I — Full
Oct 29, 2024CALevel III — Driver-only
Oct 28, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Oct 23, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Oct 23, 2024CALevel I — Full
Oct 22, 2024CALevel I — Full
Oct 17, 2024CALevel I — Full
Oct 4, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Oct 2, 2024CALevel I — Full
Sep 21, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Sep 18, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Sep 18, 2024CALevel III — Driver-only
Sep 4, 2024CALevel I — Full
Aug 28, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Aug 14, 2024CALevel I — Full
Jul 31, 2024CALevel I — Full
Jul 29, 2024CALevel I — Full
Jul 23, 2024CALevel I — Full
Jul 23, 2024CALevel I — Full
Jul 22, 2024IDLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 15, 2024CALevel I — Full
Jul 9, 2024CALevel I — Full
Jun 18, 2024IDLevel I — Full
Jun 17, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 5, 2024CALevel I — Full
May 17, 2024CALevel I — Full
May 16, 2024CALevel I — Full
May 7, 2024WALevel II — Walk-around
May 7, 2024CALevel I — Full
May 4, 2024CALevel I — Full
May 1, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Apr 25, 2024CALevel I — Full
Apr 24, 2024CALevel I — Full
Apr 18, 2024CALevel I — Full
Apr 15, 2024WALevel III — Driver-only
Apr 8, 2024CALevel II — Walk-around
Mar 27, 2024CALevel III — Driver-only
Mar 21, 2024CALevel III — Driver-only
Feb 29, 2024CALevel I — Full
Feb 20, 2024CALevel III — Driver-only
Jan 27, 2024CALevel I — Full
Dec 17, 2023CALevel III — Driver-only

Most recent 100 of 127 inspections on file.

Activity log

Record changes

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No changes recorded since TenFourHQ began tracking this company.

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Recent coverage

Business Licenses – May 2022 - Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business · 5/11/2022

Business Licenses – September 2021 - Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business · 9/10/2021

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