Carrier profile · USDOT 1289796 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERNATIVES LLC

DBA EAI

130 power unitsavg 5.7 yrRegional · 4 statesCLARKSBURG, MD94/100
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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 8.0 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

89 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

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 130-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
130
Inspections · 24 mo
90
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Maintenance31 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 160 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 76 total · 5 in 24 mo

76
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253032
20243022
20238028
20223003
20217036
20205014
20198008
20187057
20173003
20163003
20151001
20143013
20136035
20121010
20112012
20101001
20093023
20081001
20074023
20063022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 26, 2026MD00Yes
Oct 9, 2025MD01Yes
Sep 18, 2025VA01No
May 19, 2025MD01Yes
Nov 11, 2024MD01No
Mar 29, 2024MD01Yes
Feb 7, 2024MD00Yes
Dec 27, 2023MD00Yes
Dec 26, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 20, 2023MD00Yes
Aug 7, 2023MD00Yes
Jul 31, 2023MD02Yes
Jul 27, 2023MD00Yes
Feb 7, 2023MD00Yes
Jan 30, 2023VA01Yes
Nov 10, 2022MD00Yes
Apr 28, 2022MD00Yes
Mar 30, 2022MD00Yes
Nov 3, 2021DC05No
Aug 27, 2021DC01Yes
Aug 4, 2021MD01Yes
Apr 14, 2021MD00Yes
Apr 2, 2021MD00Yes
Mar 31, 2021MD00Yes
Mar 9, 2021DC00Yes