Carrier profile · USDOT 2888708 · MC-513047 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

MERIDIAN WASTE MISSOURI LLC

DBA MERIDIAN WASTE

74 power unitsavg 10.3 yrLocal · 1 statesFORISTELL, MO74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-513047 ACTIVE
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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 50.0%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 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 10.0 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 74-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
74
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 9 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 82 total · 8 in 24 mo

82
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
31
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20253032
20246136
20234014
20227036
20215015
20202011
20195035
2018130612
2017140214
20162002
20158038
20123003
20112002
20103022
20093013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026MO01Yes
Mar 13, 2026MO02Yes
Sep 24, 2025MO01Yes
Jun 19, 2025MO01No
Jan 9, 2025MO01Yes
Aug 20, 2024MO01Yes
Aug 14, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 9, 2024MO01Yes
Jul 24, 2024MO00Yes
Apr 8, 2024MO01Yes
Jan 2, 2024MO10Yes
Dec 27, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 19, 2023MO00Yes
Nov 2, 2023MO01Yes
Oct 16, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 28, 2022MO02Yes
Sep 16, 2022MO00Yes
Aug 23, 2022MO00Yes
Jun 23, 2022MO01Yes
Jun 14, 2022MO02No
Mar 8, 2022MO00Yes
Jan 31, 2022MO00Yes
Oct 8, 2021MO00Yes
Jun 3, 2021MO01Yes
Mar 2, 2021MO00Yes