Carrier profile · USDOT 779901 · MC-1057090 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ECOLOGY SERVICES INC

42 power unitsavg 13.2 yrMulti-region · 8 statesCOLUMBIA, MD81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1057090 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 28.6%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 — 21 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 46.6 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 42-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
11 / yr
Coverage
0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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.

  • 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.

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

Crash history· 41 total · 3 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
20251001
20241001
20231010
20223031
20213112
20205023
20192002
20184034
20172002
20153021
20141010
20131001
20111011
20091011
20081011
20072012
20062002
20055035
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 9, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 5, 2026MD01No
Feb 24, 2025MD00Yes
Jan 10, 2024MD00Yes
Nov 27, 2023MD01No
Dec 23, 2022MD02Yes
Jun 2, 2022MD01No
Apr 21, 2022MD01No
Jun 29, 2021MD01No
Jun 9, 2021MD00Yes
Feb 1, 2021MD10Yes
Dec 22, 2020MD00Yes
Sep 24, 2020MD01No
Sep 12, 2020MD00Yes
Jul 16, 2020MD00Yes
May 27, 2020MD01No
Dec 24, 2019MD00Yes
Nov 30, 2019MD00Yes
Nov 5, 2018MD00Yes
Aug 9, 2018MD01Yes
Apr 9, 2018MD02Yes
Jan 4, 2018MD02Yes
Jul 7, 2017MD00Yes
May 1, 2017MD00Yes
Dec 16, 2015MD01No