NELSON TREE SERVICE LLC
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
97 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 10
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
- 763
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 101
- Annualized
- ≈51 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Maintenance39 · 14 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving31 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 30, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 167 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 18, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2025 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2024 | MI | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2024 | MI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 7, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2024 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2023 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2022 | NY | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2022 | ME | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 20, 2021 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2021 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2021 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2021 | OH | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2021 | MA | 0 | 2 | Yes |