Carrier profile · USDOT 400146 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

INFRA-METALS CO

DBA DELTA STEEL SUGAR STEEL SMITH PIPE RELIANCE METALCENTER

124 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 29 statesWALLINGFORD, CT81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 27.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 160 vehicle and 248 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.9% · 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

243 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 18

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 124-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
124
Inspections · 24 mo
248
Annualized
≈124 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving98 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 22 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance18 · 18 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 60 total · 4 in 24 mo

60
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20243112
20233023
20228117
20213003
20205005
20192012
20183033
20172002
20167056
20152012
20141001
20121001
20112012
20101001
20093013
20084033
20072002
19982012
19971011
19952002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 18, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 24, 2025LA00Yes
Apr 12, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 9, 2024TX11No
Feb 6, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 15, 2024MD00Yes
Nov 27, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 10, 2023TN01Yes
Jun 19, 2023VA01Yes
Nov 16, 2022FL01No
Oct 18, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 17, 2022MD00Yes
Jul 21, 2022FL00Yes
May 17, 2022CT10Yes
Mar 28, 2022CT00Yes
Mar 18, 2022CT00Yes
Feb 22, 2022SC00Yes
Aug 23, 2021GA00Yes
Jul 8, 2021MA00Yes
Jun 21, 2021MD00Yes
Dec 10, 2020GA00Yes
Sep 3, 2020PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2020MI00Yes
Jan 10, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 7, 2020VA00Yes