Carrier profile · USDOT 497687 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Horizon Forest Products LP

98 power unitsavg 6.6 yrMulti-region · 15 statesRALEIGH, NC88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 11.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.9% · 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 17.3 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

213 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 20

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 98-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 98
Inspections · 24 mo: 217
Annualized: ≈109 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

76%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

31%

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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 5 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness7 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. 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

2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	2	0	0	2
2024	2	1	2	2
2022	3	0	3	3
2021	2	0	1	2
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	2	0	1	2
2015	2	0	1	2
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	1	0
2009	1	0	1	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2002	1	1	0	1
1998	1	0	0	1
1997	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 6, 2026	FL	0	0	Yes
Jan 29, 2026	SC	0	0	Yes
Nov 21, 2024	NC	0	2	Yes
May 8, 2024	NC	1	2	Yes
Sep 8, 2022	VA	0	1	Yes
Mar 31, 2022	NC	0	1	Yes
Mar 9, 2022	VA	0	1	Yes
Apr 22, 2021	NC	0	1	Yes
Feb 3, 2021	VA	0	0	Yes
Apr 27, 2020	VA	0	0	Yes
Oct 14, 2019	SC	0	1	Yes
Jun 21, 2019	SC	0	0	Yes
May 19, 2015	VA	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 2015	NC	0	2	Yes
Aug 25, 2014	NC	0	0	Yes
Dec 9, 2013	NC	0	2	No
Dec 10, 2009	NC	0	1	Yes
Aug 31, 2007	NC	0	0	Yes
Jan 24, 2002	NC	1	0	Yes
Jun 10, 1998	NC	0	0	Yes
Jul 30, 1997	NC	0	2	Yes