Carrier profile · USDOT 354840 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CHARBON CONTRACTING LLC

50 power unitsLocal · 1 statesMADISONVILLE, KY50/100

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 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 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 50-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: 50
Inspections · 24 mo: 4
Annualized: ≈2 / 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

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

2.8measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 5 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	1	1	1
2023	2	0	0	2
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	2	0	1	2
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	1	0	0	1
1999	1	0	0	1
1995	1	1	1	1
1993	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Oct 31, 2025	AL	1	2	Yes
Aug 24, 2023	KY	0	0	Yes
May 1, 2023	KY	0	0	Yes
Jul 8, 2020	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 9, 2019	KY	0	0	Yes
Nov 7, 2018	KY	0	0	Yes
Nov 2, 2017	KY	0	0	Yes
Aug 22, 2016	KY	0	1	Yes
Sep 17, 2015	KY	0	2	Yes
Oct 13, 2014	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 25, 2013	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 4, 2013	KY	0	3	Yes
Aug 29, 2006	KY	0	0	Yes
Sep 22, 2005	KY	0	0	Yes
Aug 10, 1999	KY	0	0	Yes
Jul 25, 1995	TN	1	1	Yes
Sep 13, 1993	KY	0	0	Yes