Commercial Metals Company
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
142 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 14
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
- 196
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 147
- Annualized
- ≈74 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 20 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
- 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 18 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 3, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 88 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 21, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2023 | TX | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 21, 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2020 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2019 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 3, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |