Carrier profile · USDOT 237331 · MC-1361583 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

DEEP SOUTH CRANE & RIGGING LLC

DBA DEEP SOUTH

87 power unitsavg 11.2 yrMulti-region · 15 statesBATON ROUGE, LA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1361583 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdeepsouthcrane.comFMCSA SAFER

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 15.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 73 vehicle and 108 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 7.7 pts 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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 14

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 87-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
87
Inspections · 24 mo
108
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 42 total · 4 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20252022
20243003
20223103
20212002
20203003
20191001
20182012
20172002
20166116
20153012
20132012
20122112
20111001
20091010
20062021
20052002
20031001
20022022
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2026LA01No
Aug 20, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 1, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 10, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 24, 2024LA00Yes
Mar 4, 2024LA00Yes
Dec 15, 2022LA00Yes
Sep 20, 2022OH10Yes
May 5, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 14, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 4, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 3, 2020LA00Yes
Oct 31, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 3, 2020IN00Yes
Sep 21, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 18, 2018TX01Yes
Apr 16, 2018LA00Yes
Oct 4, 2017LA00Yes
Jun 20, 2017LA00Yes
Sep 30, 2016LA01Yes
Jul 25, 2016TX00Yes
Jul 25, 2016TX00Yes
Jun 16, 2016TX10Yes
May 27, 2016LA00Yes
Feb 19, 2016OH00Yes