Carrier profile · USDOT 149443 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Holt Paper & Chemical Co Inc

29 power unitsavg 11.2 yrRegional · 4 statesSALISBURY, MD94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 15.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 9.0 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 29-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
21 / yr
Coverage
0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 15 total · 2 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20231011
20221001
20192012
20181001
20171011
20141001
20121011
20102012
20091001
20081001
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2025MD00Yes
May 22, 2025MD00Yes
May 18, 2023MD01Yes
Aug 4, 2022MD00Yes
Jun 21, 2019MD01Yes
Feb 19, 2019MD00Yes
Nov 9, 2018MD00Yes
Jun 20, 2017MD01Yes
Dec 8, 2014MD00Yes
Jun 7, 2012MD01Yes
Dec 9, 2010DE01Yes
May 5, 2010MD00Yes
Aug 21, 2009MD00Yes
Aug 14, 2008MD00Yes
May 30, 1995MD00Yes