Carrier profile · USDOT 2102208 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Brannon Industrial Group LLC

DBA PREMIER METAL BUYERS

54 power unitsavg 7 yrLocal · 1 statesBRENHAM, TX74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksbigcompany.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 41.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 87 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.2% · 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 12.2 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

85 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 9

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 54-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
54
Inspections · 24 mo
89
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
72%
Driver Fitness
Alert
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 19 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 24 total · 9 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20257057
20243132
20215014
20202012
20192012
20181001
20151010
20141001
20131011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 1, 2026TX01No
Dec 19, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 18, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 31, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 9, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 29, 2025TX01Yes
May 21, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 27, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 6, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 21, 2024TX12Yes
May 13, 2024TX02No
Oct 22, 2021TX01No
Oct 11, 2021TX00Yes
Sep 7, 2021TX00Yes
Aug 4, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 19, 2020TX01Yes
Mar 10, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 3, 2019TX01Yes
Jun 14, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 4, 2018TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2015TX01No
Mar 12, 2014TX00Yes
Sep 4, 2013TX01Yes