Carrier profile · USDOT 1960656 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

Cascades Holding US Inc

DBA METRO RETAIL RECYCLING SERVICES AND CASCADES RECOVERY PLUS

40 power unitsavg 3.9 yrRegional · 5 statesROCHESTER, NY87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
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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 30.8%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 — 39 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 16.6 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 7

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 40-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
53
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 19 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 5, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 13 total · 3 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241001
20222012
20201011
20193003
20181011
20141011
20111011
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 5, 2025CT00Yes
Mar 31, 2025NY02Yes
Dec 26, 2024NH00Yes
Oct 27, 2022NY01Yes
May 13, 2022NY00Yes
Jul 21, 2020NY01Yes
Nov 24, 2019NY00Yes
Oct 28, 2019NY00Yes
May 20, 2019NY00Yes
Oct 16, 2018CT01Yes
Aug 18, 2014NJ02Yes
Sep 8, 2011NY01Yes
Mar 25, 2010CT00Yes