Carrier profile · USDOT 1640687 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DS Pipe & Steel Supply LLC

25 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 7 statesBALTIMORE, MD74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdspipeandsteel.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 35.6%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 85 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 8.3 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

84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 9

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
85
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 10 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 10 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 2 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20242002
20234004
20222002
20213013
20202002
20192002
20184024
20171001
20162012
20141001
20121101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 3, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 11, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 8, 2024VA00Yes
Jun 28, 2024MD00Yes
Oct 26, 2023MD00Yes
Oct 19, 2023PA00Yes
Aug 14, 2023MD00Yes
Feb 17, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 10, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 6, 2022VA00Yes
Aug 13, 2021DE04Yes
Aug 3, 2021PA00Yes
Jan 25, 2021MD00Yes
Dec 17, 2020MD00Yes
Mar 20, 2020MD00Yes
Aug 22, 2019DE00Yes
Mar 28, 2019MD00Yes
Dec 31, 2018MD00Yes
Jul 17, 2018MD02Yes
Jul 10, 2018DE01Yes
Jul 2, 2018MD00Yes
Mar 14, 2017MD00Yes
Dec 14, 2016MD00Yes
Oct 27, 2016VA01Yes
Jul 30, 2014MD00Yes