Metals USA 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
51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5
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
- 38
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 53
- Annualized
- ≈27 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle 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
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 20, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 64 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2022 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2021 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2019 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 6, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2019 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2016 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2016 | IN | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2016 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2016 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2012 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2012 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2012 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2010 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2010 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2009 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 31, 2009 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2009 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 29, 2008 | CT | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 5, 2008 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2008 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2008 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2007 | SC | 0 | 1 | No |