Carrier profile · USDOT 7183 · MC-1264213 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

HARDING METALS INC

31 power unitsavg 8.2 yrMulti-region · 12 statesNORTHWOOD, NH87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1264213 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkshardingmetals.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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 57 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 11.4 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

57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
57
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 4 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254004
20231001
20211001
20201001
20191001
20173023
20161001
20143003
20072021
20041001
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 21, 2025VT00Yes
Sep 10, 2025NH00Yes
Jul 28, 2025PA00Yes
May 26, 2025NH00Yes
Apr 14, 2023NH00Yes
Nov 1, 2021NY00Yes
Jul 22, 2020NH00Yes
Oct 4, 2019NH00Yes
Dec 15, 2017ME01Yes
Dec 13, 2017ME01Yes
Dec 5, 2017NH00Yes
Oct 26, 2016NH00Yes
Sep 9, 2014NH00Yes
Jun 16, 2014NH00Yes
Apr 16, 2014NH00Yes
Dec 13, 2007NH01No
Jan 23, 2007NH01Yes
Sep 28, 2004NH00Yes
Dec 1, 2000MA00Yes