Carrier profile · USDOT 379351 · MC-271232 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kloeckner Metals Corporation

DBA KLOECKNER METALS

105 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 34 statesALPHARETTA, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-271232 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkskloeckner.comFMCSA SAFER

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 16.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 149 vehicle and 256 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · 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 6.6 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

250 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 21

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 105-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
105
Inspections · 24 mo
257
Annualized
≈129 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
40%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 19 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 215 total · 6 in 24 mo

215
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
89
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252012
2024100310
20234014
20229149
20218047
202010157
2019140014
20187037
20178018
20165035
20159039
2014101310
2013121511
20127156
20116025
2010110310
20094034
20088048
200710148
2006130613
20056045
20044023
20034024
20024014
20014034
20003013
1999101610
19984123
19972022
19962021
19941001
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026TX00Yes
May 28, 2026FL00Yes
May 4, 2026GA03Yes
Nov 25, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 10, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 29, 2024FL01Yes
Aug 14, 2024SC01Yes
Jul 1, 2024MS00Yes
Jun 24, 2024SC00Yes
Apr 4, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 26, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 23, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 11, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 9, 2024GA01Yes
Jan 2, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 28, 2023IN01Yes
Mar 28, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 31, 2023IA00Yes
Jan 3, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 15, 2022TX01Yes
Nov 30, 2022LA00Yes
Sep 13, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 29, 2022WI11Yes
May 13, 2022AZ00Yes
Apr 14, 2022IN00Yes