ECOLOGY SERVICES 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
21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3
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
- 42
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 22
- Annualized
- ≈11 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.93 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 41 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2026 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 24, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2023 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 23, 2022 | MD | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2022 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 21, 2022 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 29, 2021 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 9, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2021 | MD | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2020 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2020 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 12, 2020 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 16, 2020 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 27, 2020 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 24, 2019 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2019 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2018 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2018 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2018 | MD | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2018 | MD | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2017 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2017 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2015 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |