Carrier profile · USDOT 935041 · MC-436801 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

M & H Pine Straw Inc

19 power unitsavg 14.2 yrRegional · 5 statesFITZGERALD, GA68/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-436801 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 65.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

71.4% · 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 26.7 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4

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 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 46
Annualized: ≈23 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

54%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

37%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

96%

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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 9 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues

5No log / no ELD

0False logs

2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2024	2	0	0	2
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	3	0	2	3
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	1	1	1
2013	1	0	1	1
2011	2	0	1	2
2010	2	0	1	2
2009	1	0	1	0
2007	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 22, 2025	SC	0	1	Yes
Aug 8, 2024	GA	0	0	Yes
Mar 14, 2024	GA	0	0	Yes
Nov 20, 2021	GA	0	0	Yes
Jul 7, 2020	SC	0	0	Yes
Dec 26, 2019	GA	0	1	Yes
Nov 5, 2019	SC	0	1	Yes
Jun 19, 2019	SC	0	0	Yes
Oct 30, 2018	GA	0	0	Yes
Sep 18, 2017	GA	0	0	Yes
Aug 17, 2015	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 22, 2014	GA	1	3	Yes
Aug 8, 2013	GA	0	1	Yes
Apr 2, 2011	GA	0	0	Yes
Mar 31, 2011	GA	0	1	Yes
Nov 10, 2010	SC	0	2	Yes
Oct 21, 2010	FL	0	0	Yes
Nov 6, 2009	SC	0	2	No
Mar 30, 2007	TN	0	0	Yes