Arnold Machinery Company
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 74
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 39
- Annualized
- ≈20 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 44 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2026 | UT | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2025 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2025 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2024 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2024 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2024 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2023 | UT | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2022 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 19, 2022 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 19, 2022 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2020 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2020 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2020 | UT | 0 | 2 | No |
| Apr 17, 2019 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2019 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2019 | NV | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2018 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2018 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2017 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2016 | ID | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2015 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2015 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2014 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2012 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2012 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |