Carrier profile · USDOT 3060832 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GRASSLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL

DBA DERBY CITY ENVIRONMENTAL OR MUSIC CITY ENVIRONMENTAL OR CARTERS ENVIRONMENTAL

93 power unitsavg 6.4 yrRegional · 5 statesLOUISVILLE, KY74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 42.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 44.9 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 5

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 93-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
93
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.38measure
SMS · per-BASIC
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 23 total · 7 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20254004
20241001
20233033
20226016
20213013
20202012
20191001
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 30, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 12, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 17, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 24, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 4, 2025KY00Yes
Aug 13, 2024KY00Yes
Oct 13, 2023TN01Yes
Aug 24, 2023KY02Yes
Jul 21, 2023GA01Yes
Sep 19, 2022KY00Yes
Sep 5, 2022GA00Yes
Jul 12, 2022KY01Yes
Jul 6, 2022KY00Yes
May 24, 2022KY00Yes
Jan 10, 2022KY00Yes
Aug 26, 2021IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2021KY00Yes
Jan 15, 2021KY02Yes
Sep 16, 2020KY00Yes
Mar 4, 2020KY01Yes
May 21, 2019KY00Yes
Jan 3, 2018KY00Yes