Mel Stevenson and Associates Inc
DBA SPEC BUILDING MATERIALS
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 15
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 232
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 134
- Annualized
- ≈67 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 8 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 13 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 177.817 Other violationOther9 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 91 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2024 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2024 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 2, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2023 | AR | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2022 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2021 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 26, 2021 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 7, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2021 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 7, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 3, 2020 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 11, 2020 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |