Carrier profile · USDOT 47629 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

PHILLIPS HEAVY INC

DBA PHILLIPS HEAVY

148 power unitsavg 4.7 yrMulti-region · 10 statesKNOXVILLE, TN100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksphillipsinc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 13.9 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 148-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
148
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 0 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20181001
20173013
20161001
20152002
20146035
20121010
20102012
20092012
20081001
20073032
20062002
20052112
19971001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 20, 2023TN00Yes
Oct 31, 2018IN00Yes
Oct 27, 2017TX00Yes
Aug 9, 2017TX00Yes
Jul 19, 2017GA01Yes
Jan 18, 2016NC00Yes
Oct 1, 2015TN00Yes
Oct 1, 2015TN00Yes
Sep 22, 2014WY00Yes
Sep 3, 2014ND01Yes
Aug 11, 2014ND01Yes
Apr 21, 2014WY00Yes
Mar 11, 2014ND00Yes
Jan 27, 2014NC01No
Dec 8, 2012ND01No
Aug 23, 2010NC01Yes
Mar 29, 2010NC00Yes
Mar 4, 2009NC01Yes
Jan 30, 2009GA00Yes
Jun 11, 2008TN00Yes
Sep 10, 2007NC01Yes
May 10, 2007FL01No
Jan 25, 2007NC01Yes
Sep 8, 2006AL00Yes
Apr 10, 2006GA00Yes