Carrier profile · USDOT 2196309 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

EMS CHIPPING LLC

8 power unitsavg 14.2 yrLocal · 1 statesNEW ZION, SC60/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 66.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 10.4 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 8-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
99%
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 Maintenance42 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 34 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 7 total · 1 in 24 mo

7
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20171011
20151010
20141011
20131001
20121011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 10, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 6, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 7, 2017SC01Yes
Jul 7, 2015SC01No
Oct 22, 2014SC02Yes
Feb 18, 2013SC00Yes
Oct 12, 2012SC03Yes