Carrier profile · USDOT 123219 · MC-893478 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Hiwassee Builders Supply Inc

DBA HGX LOGISTICS

39 power unitsavg 6.9 yrMulti-region · 9 statesATHENS, TN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-893478 ACTIVE
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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 52.4%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 — 21 vehicle and 59 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 14.1 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

59 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 6

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 39-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
39
Inspections · 24 mo
59
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.118 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False 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· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252022
20231001
20211001
20191001
20181001
20171001
20141011
20131011
20121001
20101001
20052012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2025TN01Yes
Apr 16, 2025SC01Yes
Apr 5, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 16, 2021TN00Yes
Jun 17, 2019AL00Yes
Mar 2, 2018TN00Yes
Oct 20, 2017TN00Yes
May 20, 2014TN01Yes
Oct 15, 2013TN03Yes
Mar 1, 2012TN00Yes
Jul 14, 2010NC00Yes
Nov 2, 2005TN01Yes
Sep 1, 2005TN00Yes