Plath Enterprises Inc
DBA L-3 ENTERPRISES
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
7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 2
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
- 3
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 7
- Annualized
- ≈4 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.2 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.
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 29, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2024 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2018 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2018 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 2015 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2015 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2015 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2014 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2014 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2010 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2006 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |