Carrier profile · USDOT 2051129 · MC-772934 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

JH Seale & Son Inc

43 power unitsavg 7.1 yrRegional · 7 statesSUMTER, SC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-772934 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 14.1%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 — 149 vehicle and 174 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.8% · 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 10.8 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

167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 13

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
174
Annualized
≈87 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 47 total · 3 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20243003
20233013
20226016
20213122
20204104
20194033
20183033
20173003
20163013
20156066
20141011
20135034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 30, 2026SC00Yes
Sep 27, 2025SC00Yes
Mar 5, 2025NC01Yes
Jul 14, 2024NC00Yes
May 29, 2024SC00Yes
May 20, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 5, 2023SC00Yes
Mar 31, 2023SC00Yes
Jan 17, 2023GA01Yes
Nov 7, 2022NC00Yes
Jun 8, 2022NC00Yes
May 18, 2022SC00Yes
Mar 26, 2022SC01Yes
Mar 23, 2022GA00Yes
Jan 21, 2022SC00Yes
Aug 13, 2021NC10Yes
Jun 22, 2021NC01No
Jan 8, 2021NC01Yes
Aug 5, 2020NC00Yes
Jul 22, 2020NC00Yes
Jun 29, 2020SC10Yes
Jun 23, 2020NC00Yes
Aug 28, 2019NC01Yes
Jun 7, 2019SC02Yes
Jun 5, 2019NC01No