Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group Inc
DBA CARSUSTAR INDUSTRIAL
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
103 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 11
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 69
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 108
- Annualized
- ≈54 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 43 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2025 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 30, 2025 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2022 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2021 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2019 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2016 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2016 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2016 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2016 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2016 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2015 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2015 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2015 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2014 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2011 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2010 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |