Central Welding Supply Inc
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
123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 12
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
- 64
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 125
- Annualized
- ≈63 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.0 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 172.202 Other violationOther7 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness6 · 6 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 172.602 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 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· 15 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2024 | WA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2024 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2024 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2023 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2017 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2017 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2017 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2016 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2014 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2011 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2008 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |