Carrier profile · USDOT 276178 · MC-216047 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Empire Wrecking Company of Reading Pa Inc

4 power unitsLocal · 2 statesREADING, PA50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-216047 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 1

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 4-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

1.33measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 5 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2021	1	1	1	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2014	2	0	1	2
2009	1	0	1	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	1	0
2005	1	0	1	0
2000	1	0	0	1
1996	2	0	2	2
1995	2	0	2	2
1992	1	0	0	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 24, 2025	PA	0	0	Yes
Oct 10, 2023	NJ	0	0	Yes
Oct 28, 2021	PA	1	1	Yes
Mar 14, 2019	PA	0	0	Yes
Oct 7, 2016	PA	0	0	Yes
Oct 21, 2014	PA	0	1	Yes
Oct 14, 2014	PA	0	0	Yes
Nov 5, 2009	PA	0	1	Yes
May 5, 2008	PA	0	0	Yes
Jul 5, 2007	PA	0	1	No
Sep 28, 2005	PA	0	1	No
Nov 22, 2000	PA	0	0	Yes
Aug 9, 1996	PA	0	3	Yes
Jul 16, 1996	PA	0	1	Yes
Aug 18, 1995	PA	0	1	Yes
Jun 5, 1995	PA	0	1	Yes
Nov 12, 1992	PA	0	0	No