Carrier profile · USDOT 145402 · MC-352183 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

American Welding & Gas Inc

DBA COASTAL WELDING SUPPLY SILVERTIP PROPANE AWG AXMEN PROPANE A PLUS DISTRIB LLC CO2 AIR INC TRICOUNTY GAS

263 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 31 statesLEXINGTON, KY70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-352183 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 6.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 583 vehicle and 607 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.8% · 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 3.5 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

593 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 39

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
1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 263-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
263
Inspections · 24 mo
609
Annualized
305 / yr
Coverage
1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
5%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance81 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance32 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 11 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 17 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 87% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 58 total · 18 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269159
20256036
20246036
20222022
20212012
20203003
20195025
20183003
20173003
20162002
20154104
20145045
20132012
20111001
20101001
20091001
20011010
19951010
19941010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026IN02Yes
May 6, 2026KY01Yes
Mar 19, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 19, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 18, 2026TX11Yes
Feb 25, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 20, 2026MT00Yes
Feb 19, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 13, 2026MT00Yes
Dec 8, 2025IN01Yes
Oct 7, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 8, 2025KY00Yes
May 5, 2025MT02Yes
Feb 21, 2025TX01Yes
Jan 23, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2024MN00Yes
Oct 17, 2024WI00Yes
Sep 19, 2024KY01Yes
Jun 17, 2024WI01Yes
Jan 29, 2024TX02Yes
Jan 16, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 3, 2022IN01Yes
Mar 8, 2022AL01Yes
Sep 15, 2021FL01Yes
Feb 24, 2021MT00Yes