Carrier profile · USDOT 188280 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Arcet Equipment Company

DBA ARC3 GASES

63 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 10 statesRICHMOND, VA94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksarc3gases.comFMCSA 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 3.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 57 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 16.9 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 6

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 63-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
63
Inspections · 24 mo
57
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
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 Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 177.801 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 172.202 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 94 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20242002
20231001
20221011
20211011
20191001
20183003
20162022
20151001
20141001
20132011
20122002
20101011
20091001
20062012
20011011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026VA01No
Oct 14, 2024MD00Yes
Feb 19, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 20, 2023VA00Yes
Feb 24, 2022MD01Yes
Apr 22, 2021VA01Yes
Sep 3, 2019VA00Yes
Jun 25, 2018MD00Yes
Jun 4, 2018VA00Yes
Jan 12, 2018VA00Yes
Dec 28, 2016VA01Yes
Jun 7, 2016VA01Yes
Sep 11, 2015VA00Yes
May 22, 2014VA00Yes
May 14, 2013VA01No
Apr 10, 2013VA00Yes
Dec 26, 2012VA00Yes
Sep 14, 2012VA00Yes
Nov 29, 2010MD01Yes
Feb 27, 2009MD00Yes
May 12, 2006VA00Yes
Mar 24, 2006VA01Yes
Feb 26, 2001VA01Yes