Carrier profile · USDOT 110486 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Durrett-sheppard Steel Co Inc

15 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 3 statesBALTIMORE, MD93/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 23.8%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 — 21 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 5.5 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 3

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
24
Annualized
12 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 40 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 0 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221011
20211001
20191011
20121001
20101011
20083223
20062002
20042022
20031001
20012002
19991001
19981011
19962012
19952022
19941001
19921000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 22, 2022PA01Yes
Feb 4, 2021MD00Yes
Mar 25, 2019MD01Yes
May 10, 2012VA00Yes
Mar 5, 2010PA01Yes
Oct 6, 2008MD01Yes
May 21, 2008MD16Yes
Mar 5, 2008MD10Yes
Aug 4, 2006MD00Yes
Jul 13, 2006PA00Yes
Jul 14, 2004PA01Yes
May 7, 2004MD01Yes
Jun 11, 2003MD00Yes
Jul 23, 2001MD00Yes
Feb 22, 2001PA00Yes
Sep 10, 1999VA00Yes
Sep 23, 1998MD01Yes
Jun 17, 1996PA02Yes
Jan 10, 1996MD00Yes
May 17, 1995MD03Yes
Mar 31, 1995MD01Yes
Nov 22, 1994PA00Yes
Nov 24, 1992PA00No