Pennsylvania Steel Company Inc
DBA 182752162
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
86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6
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
- 12
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 88
- Annualized
- ≈44 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈3.7 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 Driving17 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 130 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 27 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2022 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 5, 2022 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2020 | PA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2019 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2017 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2017 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 15, 2017 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2017 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2015 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2015 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2014 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2014 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2010 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 28, 2010 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |