DAVIS & SON EXCAVATING LLC
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
21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 5
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
- 5
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 22
- Annualized
- ≈11 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈2.2 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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 5 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 5 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2022 | OH | 1 | 1 | Yes |