Carrier profile · USDOT 1980621 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

MTZ Trucking Inc

12 power unitsavg 10.6 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 34.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 64 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 6

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
64
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈2.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
92%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance38 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 9 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 96 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 20 total · 3 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20241010
20192012
20181011
20171001
20161010
20151001
20141001
20133032
20121001
20113012
20103022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 5, 2024TX01No
Dec 19, 2019TX01Yes
May 14, 2019TX00Yes
Dec 3, 2018TX01Yes
Sep 12, 2017TX00Yes
Jan 26, 2016TX01No
Apr 27, 2015TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2014TX00Yes
Jul 19, 2013TX02No
Mar 8, 2013TX01Yes
Feb 13, 2013TX01Yes
Oct 2, 2012TX00Yes
Aug 12, 2011TX00Yes
Jun 7, 2011TX02No
Mar 10, 2011TX00Yes
Nov 20, 2010TX01Yes
Oct 1, 2010TX01No
Sep 24, 2010TX00Yes