Carrier profile · USDOT 252489 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Athens Paper Company Inc

59 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 12 statesNASHVILLE, TN88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 15.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 76 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 11.5 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 59-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
76
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
52%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 60 total · 5 in 24 mo

60
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20244023
20232002
20221011
20214013
20205015
20192012
20186036
20173013
20152012
20141001
20131001
20121001
20116006
20091011
20083003
20072002
20052002
20043123
20021001
20013012
19991111
19962011
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 21, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 8, 2025MO01Yes
Oct 27, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 3, 2024GA01Yes
Nov 13, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 21, 2024GA01No
May 17, 2024AL00Yes
Jun 27, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 7, 2023GA00Yes
Jul 22, 2022AL02Yes
Nov 11, 2021GA01No
Sep 8, 2021KY00Yes
May 24, 2021GA00Yes
May 17, 2021AL00Yes
Dec 30, 2020GA00Yes
Nov 16, 2020NC01Yes
Nov 13, 2020AL00Yes
Oct 8, 2020AL00Yes
Sep 3, 2020TN00Yes
Dec 19, 2019TN00Yes
Dec 12, 2019GA01Yes
Dec 12, 2018SC00Yes
Oct 18, 2018KY01Yes
Oct 8, 2018TN03Yes
Jul 30, 2018TN01Yes