Carrier profile · USDOT 104595 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

Blossman Gas Inc

DBA BLOSSMAN GAS AND APPLIANCE

184 power unitsavg 5.6 yrMulti-region · 15 statesOCEAN SPRINGS, MS88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT

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 1.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 291 vehicle and 314 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.6% · 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 5.8 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

310 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 23

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 184-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
184
Inspections · 24 mo
314
Annualized
157 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
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 Maintenance25 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness4 · 0 OOS
  • 172.602 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 479 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 154 total · 10 in 24 mo

154
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
69
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256026
2024110510
2023110411
20226036
20218048
20205025
20193123
20188047
20179039
20163003
20156036
20145005
20132012
20123013
20115015
20102012
20091001
20077047
20063003
20053013
20045025
20035154
20023013
20014024
20007056
19991001
19984034
19974033
19951011
19945034
19934024
19922012
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 10, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 13, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 28, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 5, 2025TX01Yes
Jun 1, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 4, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 7, 2025NC01Yes
Nov 26, 2024GA01Yes
Oct 9, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 21, 2024MS00Yes
Aug 2, 2024NC00Yes
Jul 18, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 10, 2024NC02Yes
May 24, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 17, 2024MS00Yes
Feb 23, 2024FL01No
Jan 23, 2024NC01Yes
Jan 22, 2024SC01Yes
Dec 8, 2023VA01Yes
Oct 26, 2023AL00Yes
Oct 11, 2023MS00Yes
Jul 24, 2023AL00Yes
Jun 21, 2023MS00Yes
Apr 17, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 10, 2023AL01Yes