Carrier profile · USDOT 1782167 · MC-649810 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lightning Oilfield Services Inc

219 power unitsavg 9.7 yrMulti-region · 9 statesFT WORTH, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-649810 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 30.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 75 vehicle and 82 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.0% · 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

81 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 219-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
219
Inspections · 24 mo
82
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 48 total · 8 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20257127
20242002
20236056
20226136
20211001
20202002
20195115
20183013
20177037
20161001
20152002
20142022
20133003
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 1, 2025NM00Yes
Nov 16, 2025NM11Yes
Nov 3, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 13, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 17, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 8, 2024NM00Yes
Jun 29, 2024NM00Yes
Nov 27, 2023TX02Yes
Sep 24, 2023NM01Yes
May 22, 2023NM01Yes
May 16, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2023TX01Yes
Jan 13, 2023TX01Yes
Dec 29, 2022NM01Yes
Dec 6, 2022TX11Yes
May 27, 2022TX02Yes
Apr 6, 2022NM00Yes
Feb 15, 2022NM00Yes
Jan 21, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 31, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 22, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 14, 2019TX00Yes