Plateau Excavation Inc
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
39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 5
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
- 65
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 39
- Annualized
- ≈20 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 14 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2024 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2017 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2016 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2013 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2005 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 5, 2003 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |