Carrier profile · USDOT 682490 · MC-312447 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Merrill Iron & Steel Services LLC

24 power unitsMulti-region · 14 statesSCHOFIELD, WI94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-312447 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 12.5%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 — 16 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 5.1 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 24-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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.

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 51 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20223013
20211001
20191001
20171010
20161011
20142002
20091001
20082002
20061010
20051001
20031011
20022002
20001011
19973032
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 4, 2026MO00Yes
Nov 9, 2022OH00Yes
Nov 9, 2022TN02Yes
Nov 9, 2022OH00Yes
Dec 8, 2021WI00Yes
May 23, 2019AZ00Yes
Jan 4, 2017MD01No
Mar 29, 2016IN02Yes
Dec 3, 2014MO00Yes
Nov 5, 2014MD00Yes
Nov 9, 2009IN00Yes
Dec 24, 2008WI00Yes
Oct 13, 2008MN00Yes
Jan 16, 2006IL01No
Jan 3, 2005AR00Yes
Nov 1, 2003IL02Yes
Nov 26, 2002WI00Yes
Aug 6, 2002IL00Yes
Sep 11, 2000WI02Yes
Sep 22, 1997WI02Yes
Aug 21, 1997IL01Yes
May 27, 1997MI01No