Carrier profile · USDOT 112071 · MC-1099915 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co

DBA LP TRANSPORT LTD

173 power unitsavg 7.3 yrRegional · 3 statesHOLLAND, MI56/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-1099915 NO AUTHORITYRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspadnos.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 37.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 81 vehicle and 108 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 19.9 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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 9

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 173-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
173
Inspections · 24 mo
108
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving106 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 24 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 144 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 104 total · 12 in 24 mo

104
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20257027
20244014
20234004
20225005
20213003
20201001
20199019
20185025
20165015
20154023
20145015
20134004
20123113
20082002
20074004
20065005
20051001
20048008
20038027
20022011
20012020
20002021
19993032
19983031
19971001
19951010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 15, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 18, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 22, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 9, 2025MI01Yes
Nov 5, 2025MI02Yes
Sep 25, 2025MI00Yes
May 29, 2025MI00Yes
May 7, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 25, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 20, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 27, 2024MI01Yes
Sep 24, 2024MI00Yes
May 2, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 18, 2023MI00Yes
May 11, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 25, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 2, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 15, 2022MI00Yes
Oct 19, 2022MI00Yes
Aug 4, 2022MI00Yes
Jan 26, 2022MI00Yes
Jan 6, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 12, 2021MI00Yes
Mar 24, 2021MI00Yes