Carrier profile · USDOT 3476160 · MC-1139360 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Iron Wheel Energy Services LLC

60 power unitsavg 8.9 yrRegional · 6 statesMIDLAND, TX68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1139360 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 34.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 99 vehicle and 109 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · 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 3.9 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

103 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 11

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 60-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
60
Inspections · 24 mo
109
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
89%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
85%
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 Maintenance98 · 11 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving97 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance48 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance32 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 15 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance26 · 14 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
9False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 7 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254124
20246036
20236045
20222012
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 14, 2026NM00Yes
Jul 28, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 1, 2025TX11Yes
Jun 23, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 1, 2025CO01Yes
Dec 11, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 14, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 6, 2024TX00Yes
May 25, 2024TX02Yes
Mar 15, 2024NM01Yes
Feb 15, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 8, 2023TX01Yes
Nov 27, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 8, 2023TX01No
Sep 29, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 17, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 1, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 29, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 18, 2022TX01Yes
Jan 10, 2021TX00Yes