Carrier profile · USDOT 197224 · MC-893864 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Metalplate Galvanizing LP

27 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 6 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-893864 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 47.6%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 — 21 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 18.9 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 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 27-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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.

  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 2 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20233013
20222012
20211001
20202002
20181011
20172002
20161011
20141001
20131001
20081001
20062011
20041011
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2026GA02Yes
Jan 7, 2025MS00Yes
Nov 17, 2023AL00Yes
May 24, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 20, 2023AL01Yes
Nov 14, 2022FL01Yes
Aug 1, 2022AL00Yes
Mar 12, 2021FL00Yes
Nov 19, 2020LA00Yes
Jun 30, 2020AL00Yes
Jan 28, 2018FL01Yes
Apr 11, 2017LA00Yes
Mar 28, 2017TX00Yes
Jan 26, 2016FL01Yes
Mar 25, 2014AL00Yes
Jul 1, 2013AL00Yes
Dec 12, 2008TX00Yes
Nov 17, 2006FL01No
May 16, 2006TX00Yes
Jun 23, 2004AL01Yes
Nov 4, 1999AL01Yes