Carrier profile · USDOT 983262 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

American Metals Supply LLC

60 power unitsavg 4.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesTAMPA, FL94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksamericanmetals.usFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 21.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 158 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

15.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

154 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 11

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 60-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
60
Inspections · 24 mo
158
Annualized
≈79 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
4Drove over hours

7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 6 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20244034
20233013
20223012
20211001
20201010
20181011
20172002
20161001
20151010
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 9, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 19, 2026FL01Yes
Jul 21, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 11, 2025SC03Yes
Apr 1, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 17, 2024FL00Yes
May 16, 2024GA01Yes
Feb 22, 2024SC01Yes
Feb 21, 2024LA02Yes
Dec 13, 2023FL01Yes
Jun 27, 2023FL00Yes
Jun 15, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 11, 2022SC00Yes
Apr 8, 2022FL00Yes
Jan 28, 2022FL01No
Jan 6, 2021NC00Yes
Oct 21, 2020FL01No
Aug 14, 2018FL01Yes
Jun 6, 2017FL00Yes
Apr 26, 2017FL00Yes
Aug 11, 2016NC00Yes
Apr 9, 2015FL01No
Jan 11, 2010FL01Yes