Carrier profile · USDOT 1589315 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GFL Environmental USA Inc

DBA GFL ENVIRONMENTAL

514 power unitsavg 8.6 yrLocal · 1 statesSTERLING HEIGHTS, MI74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksgflenv.comFMCSA SAFER

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 36.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 106 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 4.8 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 13

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 514-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
514
Inspections · 24 mo
106
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving159 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance67 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance40 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 21 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 18 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 226 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 194 total · 39 in 24 mo

194
Total crashes
39
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
39
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026160615
2025160415
2024160516
20232012
20212012
20201001
2019531752
20185201050
2017270427
20086016
20073003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 10, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2026MI01Yes
Jun 30, 2026MI01Yes
May 18, 2026MI00Yes
May 4, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 8, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 7, 2026MI02Yes
Mar 7, 2026MI01Yes
Mar 5, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 23, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 9, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 29, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MI01No
Jan 26, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 9, 2026MI01Yes
Jan 2, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 8, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 29, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 31, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 22, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 3, 2025MI01Yes
Sep 10, 2025MI01Yes
Aug 28, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 2, 2025MI01No
Jul 15, 2025MI00Yes