Carrier profile · USDOT 915667 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Castle Energy Equipment LLC

DBA CASTLE

82 power unitsRegional · 5 statesMERIDIAN, MS74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 82-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 82
Inspections · 24 mo: 7
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

31%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

61%

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 Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 11 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2021	1	1	0	1
2020	2	0	2	2
2019	2	0	1	2
2018	2	0	1	2
2016	2	0	1	2
2013	2	0	0	2
2011	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	1	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	1	0
2003	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 17, 2024	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 11, 2023	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 25, 2021	FL	1	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2020	TX	0	1	Yes
Sep 14, 2020	TX	0	1	Yes
Jun 23, 2019	TX	0	0	Yes
Mar 21, 2019	TX	0	1	Yes
Sep 26, 2018	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 24, 2018	OK	0	1	Yes
Jan 9, 2016	OK	0	0	Yes
Jan 5, 2016	KS	0	1	Yes
Nov 12, 2013	LA	0	0	Yes
May 20, 2013	MS	0	0	Yes
Oct 24, 2011	TX	0	0	Yes
Jun 5, 2008	AL	0	0	Yes
Jan 12, 2006	LA	0	1	Yes
Dec 30, 2005	TX	0	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2004	FL	0	1	No
Jun 26, 2003	AL	0	0	Yes