Carrier profile · USDOT 281205 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

Barker Brothers Waste Inc

DBA REPUBLIC SERVICES OF UNION CITY

38 power unitsavg 5.3 yrLocal · 2 statesPHOENIX, AZ81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrepublicservices.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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 38-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
10.8measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 48 total · 2 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241011
20231011
20212002
20202002
20171111
20153013
20143003
20122002
20111101
20102002
20091011
20081011
20073031
20063013
20055045
20045005
20032012
20022012
20011011
19972102
19961011
19951001
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 4, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 11, 2025TN01Yes
May 15, 2024TN01Yes
Aug 24, 2023TN01Yes
Mar 26, 2021TN00Yes
Jan 28, 2021TN00Yes
Oct 5, 2020TN00Yes
Apr 13, 2020TN00Yes
Dec 28, 2017TN11Yes
Dec 10, 2015TN00Yes
Jul 15, 2015TN01Yes
May 6, 2015MI00Yes
Dec 17, 2014MI00Yes
Dec 8, 2014TN00Yes
Oct 22, 2014TN00Yes
Dec 6, 2012TN00Yes
May 7, 2012TN00Yes
Aug 11, 2011TN10Yes
Dec 23, 2010TN00Yes
May 17, 2010TN00Yes
Jun 26, 2009TN01Yes
Apr 9, 2008TN01Yes
Nov 15, 2007TN01Yes
Oct 11, 2007TN02No
Jun 29, 2007TN02No