Fairbanks Scales Inc
DBA FAIRBANKS SCALES
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
97 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 166
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 100
- Annualized
- ≈50 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 7, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 50 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2024 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 23, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2022 | KS | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 18, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2020 | DC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2020 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2019 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2018 | TX | 1 | 0 | No |
| Mar 7, 2018 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2016 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2016 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2015 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2014 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2013 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2013 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2013 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2012 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2012 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |