Carrier profile · USDOT 1533974 · MC-830126 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Metro Office Equipment Inc

DBA MOVING OFFICE EQUIPMENT

58 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 32 statesCOLUMBUS, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-830126 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 7.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 97 vehicle and 153 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.8% · 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 7.0 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

150 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 11

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
153
Annualized
≈77 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
96%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
9%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving27 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 30 total · 2 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251010
20241001
20235005
20221011
20212002
20203103
20182002
20172002
20161011
20156016
20141010
20133023
20101001
20091010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 4, 2025NE01No
Nov 5, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 19, 2023IN00Yes
Nov 26, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 21, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 19, 2023NC00Yes
Feb 6, 2023AL00Yes
Jan 13, 2022MD02Yes
Mar 25, 2021NC00Yes
Jan 4, 2021FL00Yes
Oct 26, 2020FL10Yes
Oct 19, 2020GA00Yes
Aug 10, 2020IN00Yes
Sep 11, 2018MD00Yes
Jan 3, 2018IN00Yes
Nov 28, 2017NJ00Yes
Oct 11, 2017NC00Yes
Mar 7, 2016FL01Yes
Dec 14, 2015VA00Yes
Sep 18, 2015AL00Yes
Aug 6, 2015KY02Yes
Jun 29, 2015AL00Yes
Jun 15, 2015NJ00Yes
Apr 9, 2015AL00Yes
Jan 19, 2014AL01No