Carrier profile · USDOT 3343091 · MC-1175820 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Buoyant Energy LLC

115 power unitsavg 12.6 yrLocal · 2 statesMIDLAND, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1175820 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbuoyantenergy.netFMCSA 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 41.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 123 vehicle and 126 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

48.4% · 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 6.8 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

124 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 12

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 115-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
115
Inspections · 24 mo
126
Annualized
≈63 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
96%
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 Maintenance166 · 9 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance133 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving71 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance56 · 38 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 9 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance39 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance38 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 180 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 9 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263211
20255043
20242012
20213003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 5, 2026TX01No
Mar 27, 2026TX10No
Jan 1, 2026TX10Yes
Sep 2, 2025TX01No
Apr 29, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 20, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 4, 2025TX02No
Jan 29, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 2, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 7, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 16, 2021TX00Yes
Feb 20, 2021TX00Yes