Carrier profile · USDOT 402627 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BARFIELD GRADING INC

21 power unitsavg 5.1 yrLocal · 2 statesFORT MILL, SC74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 40.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 53.9 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 4

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 21-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 21
Inspections · 24 mo: 28
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

66%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

70%

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 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 44 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	1	2
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	1	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2011	2	0	2	1
2008	1	0	0	1
1996	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 15, 2025	SC	0	1	Yes
May 29, 2025	SC	0	0	Yes
Nov 17, 2023	SC	0	0	Yes
Mar 1, 2022	NC	0	0	Yes
Aug 11, 2021	NC	2	0	Yes
Nov 25, 2020	SC	0	0	Yes
Jun 20, 2011	SC	0	1	Yes
Jun 20, 2011	SC	0	1	No
May 6, 2008	SC	0	0	Yes
Jul 24, 1996	SC	0	0	Yes