Carrier profile · USDOT 274994 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hinkle Metals & Supply Co Inc

22 power unitsavg 6 yrRegional · 4 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 33.3%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 — 3 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 33.3 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 22-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
22
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
19%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
8.2measure
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20213013
20051011
20041011
20001011
19993021
19951001
19891011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2025AL00Yes
Dec 2, 2021AL00Yes
Sep 2, 2021AL01Yes
May 5, 2021AL00Yes
Feb 2, 2005TN02Yes
Jun 8, 2004AL01Yes
Jan 10, 2000AL01Yes
Dec 27, 1999AL02No
Dec 23, 1999AL00Yes
Apr 12, 1999AL01No
Aug 22, 1995FL00Yes
Oct 16, 1989AL01Yes