Carrier profile · USDOT 414560 · MC-1645242 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

M O Dion and Sons Inc

DBA DION AND SONS AMBER INDUSTRIAL SERVICES AIS

50 power unitsavg 9.3 yrLocal · 2 statesLONG BEACH, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1645242 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 15.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 90 vehicle and 90 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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

98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 8

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 50-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
50
Inspections · 24 mo
99
Annualized
≈50 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
47%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 397.3 Hazardous materials transportHM Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 18, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 27 total · 4 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261101
20252112
20241001
20232022
20223003
20215025
20191001
20182012
20162002
20152002
20141001
20133013
20111011
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 30, 2026CA10Yes
Oct 15, 2025CA10Yes
Aug 11, 2025CA02Yes
Sep 30, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 31, 2023CA01Yes
May 19, 2023CA02Yes
Jul 14, 2022CA00Yes
May 28, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 12, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 13, 2021CA01Yes
Jun 24, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2021CA02Yes
May 11, 2021CA00Yes
May 2, 2021CA00Yes
Feb 20, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 2, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 5, 2018CA01Yes
Nov 1, 2016CA00Yes
May 19, 2016CA00Yes
Jul 9, 2015CA00Yes
Feb 28, 2015CA00Yes
Jun 7, 2014CA00Yes
Nov 21, 2013CA01Yes
Sep 28, 2013CA00Yes
Apr 10, 2013CA00Yes