Carrier profile · USDOT 196210 · MC-635651 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lafayette Steel Erector LLC

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35 power unitsavg 8.9 yrRegional · 3 statesLAFAYETTE, LA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-635651 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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 2.4 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 35-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 29 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 0 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20233003
20212022
20204024
20183033
20171011
20133013
20121010
20111011
20081011
20052012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 2, 2024LA00Yes
Sep 19, 2023LA00Yes
Jan 31, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 4, 2023LA00Yes
Sep 2, 2021LA03Yes
Apr 22, 2021LA01Yes
Jul 14, 2020LA00Yes
Apr 22, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2020LA01Yes
Jan 20, 2020LA01Yes
Dec 8, 2018LA02Yes
Jul 26, 2018LA02Yes
May 25, 2018LA01Yes
Jan 8, 2017LA03Yes
Nov 21, 2013LA00Yes
Apr 18, 2013LA01Yes
Mar 15, 2013LA00Yes
Sep 14, 2012LA03No
Sep 15, 2011TX04Yes
Mar 25, 2008LA01Yes
Jun 8, 2005LA03Yes
Feb 14, 2005LA00Yes