Carrier profile · USDOT 1781944 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ecology Services Refuse & Recycling LLC

25 power unitsavg 18.3 yrLocal · 1 statesFREDERICK, MD74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 62.5%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 — 16 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

77.8% · 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 14.4 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 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 25-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: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 16
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

52%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

92%

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 Maintenance36 · 6 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 33 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2024	2	0	0	2
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	3	0	2	2
2020	2	0	1	1
2019	5	0	2	5
2018	3	0	0	3
2017	1	0	1	0
2016	2	0	1	2
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2012	2	0	0	2
2010	1	1	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 6, 2025	MD	0	0	Yes
Oct 1, 2024	MD	0	0	Yes
Jul 12, 2024	MD	0	0	Yes
Nov 29, 2023	MD	0	1	Yes
Sep 27, 2022	MD	0	1	Yes
Sep 27, 2022	MD	0	0	Yes
Jul 7, 2022	MD	0	1	No
Dec 9, 2020	MD	0	1	No
Oct 29, 2020	MD	0	0	Yes
Oct 31, 2019	MD	0	0	Yes
May 22, 2019	MD	0	0	Yes
May 20, 2019	MD	0	0	Yes
Apr 18, 2019	MD	0	1	Yes
Feb 19, 2019	MD	0	2	Yes
Oct 18, 2018	MD	0	0	Yes
Aug 30, 2018	MD	0	0	Yes
Jan 10, 2018	MD	0	0	Yes
Feb 9, 2017	MD	0	1	No
Mar 17, 2016	MD	0	1	Yes
Jan 18, 2016	MD	0	0	Yes
Mar 3, 2015	MD	0	0	Yes
Apr 11, 2014	MD	0	0	Yes
Jul 12, 2012	MD	0	0	Yes
Jul 3, 2012	MD	0	0	Yes
Jul 20, 2010	MD	1	2	Yes