Down to Earth Landscaping 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
32 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
- 106
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 33
- Annualized
- ≈17 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 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.
Crash history· 14 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 20, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2022 | NJ | 0 | 6 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2021 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2018 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2014 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2011 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2010 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2009 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |