Messercola Excavating Inc
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
26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 3
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
- 22
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 26
- Annualized
- ≈13 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 16 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 35 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2021 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2020 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2020 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2019 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2017 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2016 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2015 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 31, 2014 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2014 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2014 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 27, 2012 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2011 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2005 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |