Carrier profile · USDOT 861277 · MC-819723 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Gulf Coast Utility Contractors LLC

40 power unitsavg 6.3 yrLocal · 2 statesSOUTHPORT, FL100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-819723 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksgcuc.netFMCSA 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 20.0%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 — 50 vehicle and 159 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 9.6 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

158 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 15

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
40
Inspections · 24 mo
159
Annualized
≈80 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
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 Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 232 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 0 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20211001
20202021
20191010
20181011
20172012
20162012
20151001
20131001
20081011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 6, 2023FL00Yes
Jan 7, 2021FL00Yes
Nov 25, 2020FL01No
Sep 4, 2020FL01Yes
Dec 30, 2019FL01No
Feb 23, 2018FL01Yes
Apr 17, 2017FL00Yes
Jan 13, 2017FL01Yes
Jun 8, 2016FL00Yes
Apr 7, 2016FL01Yes
Aug 17, 2015FL00Yes
Jul 30, 2013FL00Yes
Apr 21, 2008FL03Yes