Carrier profile · USDOT 374679 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Eastern Metal Supply of North Carolina LLC

25 power unitsavg 5.8 yrMulti-region · 12 statesCHARLOTTE, NC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkseasternmetal.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 4.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 75 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 17.4 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

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 6

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
75
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 31 total · 2 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20232012
20223003
20213013
20202002
20182022
20161001
20141001
20131001
20121011
20101011
20081001
20061011
20052002
20041011
20031010
20011111
20002012
19991001
19981011
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 14, 2026NC02Yes
Apr 17, 2026NJ01Yes
Nov 1, 2023NJ00Yes
Mar 23, 2023NC02Yes
Jul 6, 2022GA00Yes
Mar 17, 2022NC00Yes
Jan 12, 2022GA00Yes
Oct 1, 2021AL01Yes
Aug 13, 2021AL00Yes
Jan 13, 2021AL00Yes
Nov 16, 2020GA00Yes
Sep 11, 2020MD00Yes
Dec 3, 2018SC02Yes
Jan 18, 2018NC02Yes
Aug 9, 2016AL00Yes
Mar 12, 2014PA00Yes
Jun 14, 2013GA00Yes
Dec 28, 2012NJ01Yes
Mar 30, 2010GA01Yes
Sep 18, 2008PA00Yes
Aug 15, 2006GA01Yes
Oct 21, 2005SC00Yes
Jun 15, 2005NC00Yes
Jun 24, 2004GA01Yes
Jan 24, 2003SC02No