Carrier profile · USDOT 528487 · MC-265647 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Gary Merlino Construction Co Inc

DBA SERVICE HEAVY HAUL

97 power unitsLocal · 1 statesSEATTLE, WA82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-265647 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 22.2 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 2

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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 97-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: 97
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

48%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

2.66measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 24 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 52 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1	1
2023	2	0	0	2
2022	4	1	1	2
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	3	0	1	3
2018	2	0	0	2
2017	5	0	2	4
2016	5	0	1	5
2015	3	0	1	3
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	2	0	0	2
2008	3	0	0	3
2007	2	0	0	2
2006	3	0	1	3
2005	2	0	2	2
2004	1	1	0	1
2003	5	0	2	5
2002	1	0	0	1
2001	2	0	1	2
1999	3	0	1	3

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 2, 2025	WA	0	1	Yes
Jan 25, 2024	WA	0	1	Yes
Nov 17, 2023	WA	0	0	Yes
Apr 10, 2023	WA	0	0	Yes
Nov 14, 2022	WA	0	0	Yes
Oct 27, 2022	WA	1	0	No
Jul 6, 2022	WA	0	0	Yes
May 25, 2022	WA	0	1	No
Jun 21, 2021	WA	0	0	Yes
Oct 19, 2020	WA	0	0	Yes
Sep 1, 2020	WA	0	1	Yes
Mar 3, 2020	WA	0	0	Yes
Oct 24, 2018	WA	0	0	Yes
Jan 26, 2018	WA	0	0	Yes
Dec 11, 2017	WA	0	0	Yes
Oct 10, 2017	WA	0	1	No
Sep 28, 2017	WA	0	1	Yes
Sep 20, 2017	WA	0	0	Yes
May 25, 2017	WA	0	0	Yes
Nov 15, 2016	WA	0	0	Yes
Jun 16, 2016	WA	0	1	Yes
May 4, 2016	WA	0	0	Yes
Apr 25, 2016	WA	0	0	Yes
Jan 21, 2016	WA	0	0	Yes
Sep 2, 2015	WA	0	0	Yes