Carrier profile · USDOT 1998680 · MC-706282 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

First Coast Logistics of Louisiana LLC

4 power unitsavg 13.7 yrRegional · 4 statesSLIDELL, LA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-706282 ACTIVE

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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 30.5 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
2.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
4
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
8 / yr
Coverage
2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 25 total · 1 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242011
20194014
20181001
20172002
20164134
20153013
20143033
20121011
20114033
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 19, 2024MS01No
Jul 1, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 12, 2019AL00Yes
Oct 29, 2019GA01Yes
May 30, 2019AL00Yes
Apr 19, 2019TN00Yes
Jan 8, 2018MS00Yes
Sep 21, 2017MS00Yes
Mar 30, 2017SC00Yes
Dec 20, 2016GA11Yes
Dec 20, 2016GA00Yes
May 31, 2016KY06Yes
Mar 21, 2016LA02Yes
Oct 14, 2015AL00Yes
Jun 25, 2015LA01Yes
May 3, 2015TN00Yes
Sep 8, 2014AL03Yes
Jul 18, 2014LA01Yes
Jul 17, 2014TN01Yes
Dec 5, 2012LA01Yes
Oct 17, 2011LA02No
Oct 5, 2011LA00Yes
Oct 3, 2011AL01Yes
Feb 17, 2011TN01Yes
Oct 8, 2010AL00Yes