Carrier profile · USDOT 346154 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Central Steel Supply Co

10 power unitsavg 6.5 yrRegional · 3 statesMARLBOROUGH, MA74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkscentralsteelsupply.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 70.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 17 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 34.4 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 3

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 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 10 total · 1 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20232012
20211001
20171001
20161001
20092012
20072022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 27, 2025CT00Yes
Sep 20, 2023MA00Yes
Jun 23, 2023MA01Yes
Aug 30, 2021CT00Yes
Sep 26, 2017MA00Yes
Jul 27, 2016MA00Yes
Jun 15, 2009MA00Yes
May 22, 2009MA01Yes
Oct 4, 2007MA01Yes
Apr 24, 2007MA01Yes