D H Griffin Wrecking Company 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
259 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 22
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
- 135
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 264
- Annualized
- ≈132 / 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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 90 total · 9 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2024 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 20, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 10, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2019 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2019 | LA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 23, 2019 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2018 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 30, 2018 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2017 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2017 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2016 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |