Carrier profile · USDOT 2824898 · MC-942693 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hospital Central Services Cartage LLC

DBA HCSC

56 power unitsavg 4.1 yrRegional · 6 statesALLENTOWN, PA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-942693 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 10.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 66 vehicle and 114 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 1.9 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

111 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 56-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
56
Inspections · 24 mo
114
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 162 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 33 total · 4 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20251001
20241011
20237026
20224014
20214014
20205034
20194024
20172012
20162002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 19, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 5, 2026MD00Yes
Feb 6, 2026PA01Yes
Feb 12, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 19, 2024NJ01Yes
Dec 17, 2023MD00Yes
Jun 18, 2023NJ00Yes
Jun 13, 2023NJ00Yes
Jun 7, 2023NJ01Yes
May 11, 2023NJ01No
Apr 6, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 27, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 16, 2022PA00Yes
Dec 12, 2022PA00Yes
Mar 20, 2022PA00Yes
Mar 3, 2022NJ01Yes
Oct 28, 2021PA01Yes
Oct 22, 2021PA00Yes
Jul 28, 2021PA00Yes
Feb 18, 2021PA00Yes
Sep 18, 2020MD01Yes
Jul 9, 2020MD00Yes
Jun 19, 2020PA01No
May 6, 2020MD00Yes
Feb 10, 2020MD01Yes