Carrier profile · USDOT 688098 · MC-243465 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Eddie Hale Inc

DBA W B CONTAINER SERVICE

48 power unitsavg 14.3 yrLocal · 1 statesBALCH SPRINGS, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-243465 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 35.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 96 vehicle and 102 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.6% · 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 13.8 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

101 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 10

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
102
Annualized
≈51 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
29%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Maintenance50 · 15 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 58 total · 6 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255014
20244104
20232022
20221010
20203013
20193022
20184004
20174024
20161001
20155035
20141010
20131111
20122012
20111001
20103013
20093012
20071001
20064014
20041011
20034034
20022012
20012011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 13, 2025TX01No
Oct 1, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 9, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 28, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 17, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 6, 2024TX10Yes
Feb 21, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 10, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2023TX02Yes
Jul 18, 2023TX01Yes
Jun 20, 2022TX01No
Dec 9, 2020TX02Yes
Sep 2, 2020TX00Yes
May 5, 2020TX00Yes
Jul 16, 2019TX02Yes
Mar 21, 2019TX01No
Jan 9, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 20, 2018TX00Yes
Aug 6, 2018TX00Yes
Jul 5, 2018TX00Yes
May 30, 2018TX00Yes
Sep 21, 2017TX01Yes
Mar 24, 2017TX00Yes