Carrier profile · USDOT 1154275 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

American Waste Inc

DBA GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC

249 power unitsavg 8.8 yrLocal · 1 statesKALKASKA, MI93/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 23.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 127 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 23.3 pts 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

127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 33

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 249-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 249
Inspections · 24 mo: 127
Annualized: ≈64 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

72%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

65%

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 Driving108 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 5 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 11 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 5 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 197 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 8 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2012	2	0	1	2
2007	2	0	2	2
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	2	1	1	2
2004	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 14, 2012	MI	0	1	Yes
Jan 18, 2012	MI	0	0	Yes
Aug 31, 2007	MI	0	1	Yes
May 10, 2007	MI	0	2	Yes
Jan 17, 2006	MI	0	0	Yes
Feb 18, 2005	MI	1	1	Yes
Jan 10, 2005	MI	0	0	Yes
Sep 3, 2004	MI	0	0	Yes