Carrier profile · USDOT 3002183 · MC-24679 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

HOWARD SHEPPARD BULK LLC

155 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 19 statesSANDERSVILLE, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-24679 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 13.0%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 — 301 vehicle and 337 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

323 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 26

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 155-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
155
Inspections · 24 mo
337
Annualized
≈169 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance47 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 20 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 178.345 Other violationOther6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 53% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 69 total · 11 in 24 mo

69
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
30
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20258038
20242011
2023110311
20228138
20214014
20205045
2019112810
2018100410
20177037
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 30, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 16, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 18, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 2, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 7, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 28, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 18, 2025SC00Yes
Jul 16, 2025SC01Yes
Jun 9, 2025SC01Yes
Mar 19, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 24, 2025SC00Yes
Jul 8, 2024FL01No
May 2, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 30, 2023GA00Yes
Oct 5, 2023GA01Yes
Jun 21, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 9, 2023SC00Yes
Jun 1, 2023GA01Yes
May 18, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 29, 2023TN00Yes
Mar 2, 2023AL00Yes
Feb 9, 2023GA00Yes
Jan 20, 2023FL02Yes
Jan 3, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 22, 2022GA01Yes