Contractors Steel 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
3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3
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
- 44
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 4
- Annualized
- ≈2 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 26, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 96 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2023 | IL | 1 | 1 | No |
| Aug 23, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2023 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2022 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2022 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2022 | MI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2021 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2021 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2021 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2020 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2020 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2017 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2017 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 28, 2017 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |