Carrier profile · USDOT 2045293 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mele Landscape Contractors Inc

105 power unitsavg 6.9 yrLocal · 1 statesRANKIN, PA100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksmeleinc.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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.7 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 105-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
105
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 32 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 3 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20242012
20232012
20223003
20201001
20171001
20151001
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 18, 2026PA00Yes
Aug 26, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 9, 2024PA01Yes
Feb 28, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 21, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 20, 2023PA01Yes
Jul 21, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 2, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 19, 2022PA00Yes
Aug 5, 2020PA00Yes
Sep 14, 2017PA00Yes
Oct 2, 2015PA00Yes
Feb 8, 2011PA00Yes