Carrier profile · USDOT 3001601 · MC-24388 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

HOWARD SHEPPARD CONTAINER SERVICES LLC

175 power unitsavg 7.2 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSANDERSVILLE, GA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-24388 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 26.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 139 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 11.5 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

136 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 15

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 175-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
175
Inspections · 24 mo
139
Annualized
≈70 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
6Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 47 total · 7 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255045
20242002
20234044
2022141813
20219049
20206006
20193033
20181001
20172022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 31, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 13, 2025GA02Yes
Jun 6, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 7, 2025GA01Yes
Nov 18, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 5, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 24, 2023GA02Yes
Jul 25, 2023FL01Yes
Jun 28, 2023GA01Yes
Apr 6, 2023GA01Yes
Dec 7, 2022GA00Yes
Nov 21, 2022GA01Yes
Oct 26, 2022GA00Yes
Sep 11, 2022FL01No
Aug 30, 2022GA00Yes
Aug 17, 2022GA35Yes
Aug 5, 2022AL00Yes
Aug 2, 2022GA01Yes
Jul 29, 2022GA01Yes
May 17, 2022GA00Yes
Apr 13, 2022AL00Yes
Mar 22, 2022GA01Yes
Mar 8, 2022GA01Yes