Carrier profile · USDOT 1006728 · MC-853842 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

COOGLER CONSTRUCTION INC

37 power unitsavg 11.9 yrRegional · 3 statesIRMO, SC80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-853842 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 70 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 12

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 37-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
37
Inspections · 24 mo
70
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
53%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
96%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 12 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 24 total · 3 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20241011
20231001
20211011
20202022
20192022
20172022
20162021
20153023
20142012
20133012
20121010
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 1, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 10, 2025SC01Yes
Apr 9, 2025SC00Yes
May 30, 2024SC01Yes
Aug 23, 2023SC00Yes
Mar 24, 2021SC02Yes
Dec 28, 2020SC01Yes
Jun 24, 2020SC01Yes
Dec 9, 2019SC02Yes
Aug 30, 2019SC01Yes
Oct 18, 2017SC01Yes
Mar 16, 2017SC01Yes
Aug 2, 2016SC01No
Jan 9, 2016SC01Yes
Oct 27, 2015SC02Yes
Feb 7, 2015SC00Yes
Jan 30, 2015SC01Yes
Oct 1, 2014SC00Yes
Mar 10, 2014SC04Yes
Aug 12, 2013SC01No
Aug 2, 2013SC00Yes
Jan 2, 2013SC00Yes
Sep 25, 2012SC03No
Nov 5, 2008SC00Yes