Ferguson Fire and Fabrication Inc
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
188 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 15
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
- 196
- Annualized
- ≈98 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving65 · 2 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 3 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 38 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2026 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2025 | DC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2024 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2021 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2020 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2020 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2019 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 6, 2019 | MA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2018 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2018 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2017 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2017 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2017 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |