Carrier profile · USDOT 2825294 · MC-942895 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

Platinum Carriers LLC

78 power unitsavg 2.7 yrNational · 29 statesGARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH88/100
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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 20.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 94 vehicle and 178 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 17.8 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

172 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 20

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 78-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
78
Inspections · 24 mo
178
Annualized
≈89 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving68 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 5 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253123
20243022
20236026
20222012
20214014
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026TX02Yes
Feb 20, 2025CA01Yes
Feb 19, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 24, 2025TX11Yes
Sep 3, 2024TX01Yes
May 27, 2024TX01No
Jan 17, 2024OH00Yes
Dec 18, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 20, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 20, 2023OK01Yes
Jun 2, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 19, 2023NV02Yes
Jan 16, 2023NV00Yes
Nov 30, 2022TN01Yes
Oct 3, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 29, 2021AR00Yes
Nov 16, 2021TX00Yes
May 9, 2021MO00Yes
Jan 1, 2021OH02Yes
Oct 23, 2018TX00Yes