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Motor carrier · USDOT 2729116

ARGO CHEMICAL INC, Shafter, CA: USDOT 2729116 safety record, inspections, out-of-service, crashes

Fleet and drivers are as ARGO CHEMICAL INC filed them on its MCS-150, last updated June 30, 2025. The carrier has been on the FMCSA register since June 30, 2015. Inspections and crashes are the reports in Velarion’s copy of FMCSA’s inspection and crash files, which hold the reports filed by some states, not every state; FMCSA’s free SAFER snapshot carries the carrier’s national 24-month inspection and out-of-service figures.

Identity

Legal name as filedARGO CHEMICAL INC
USDOT number2729116
Status on the censusActive
AddressShafter, CA 93263
CountyKern County
Operating authorityIntrastate Non-Hazmat Carriers
Hazardous materialsCarries hazardous materials
Safety ratingNot rated
Power units14 (14 trucks)
Drivers8 (8 with a CDL)
On the register sinceJune 30, 2015
MCS-150 last filedJune 30, 2025
Cargo carriedChemicals; Liquids/Gases; Other

Cited to the FMCSA Company Census File.

Roadside inspections

DateFiled byLevelViolationsOut-of-serviceDriver OOSVehicle OOS
August 21, 2024CALevel I, full1000
June 20, 2024CALevel II, walk-around1101
March 8, 2024USLevel I, full3000
December 14, 2023CALevel II, walk-around0000

Cited to the FMCSA Vehicle Inspection File; up to 50 rows shown, newest first.

Crashes

DateFiled byCityFatalitiesInjuriesTowed awayHazmat released
January 11, 2022CAUnincorporated00YesNo
July 22, 2020CAUnincorporated00YesNo
June 29, 2018CAUnincorporated00YesNo

Cited to the FMCSA Crash File; up to 50 rows shown, newest first.

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