Carrier profile · USDOT 540222 · MC-1103036 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Potomac Trucking and Excavation Inc

21 power unitsavg 11.3 yrRegional · 3 statesPETERSBURG, WV100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1103036 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 21-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: 21
Inspections · 24 mo: 7
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 12 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	3	1	2	3
2005	1	0	1	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2001	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 13, 2024	WV	0	0	Yes
Aug 10, 2023	WV	0	1	Yes
Feb 12, 2019	WV	0	0	Yes
Mar 9, 2018	MD	0	0	Yes
Jan 3, 2015	WV	0	0	Yes
Mar 7, 2014	WV	0	2	Yes
May 2, 2011	WV	0	0	Yes
Jul 8, 2010	WV	0	0	Yes
Feb 4, 2008	WV	0	0	Yes
Sep 27, 2006	WV	1	2	Yes
Aug 30, 2006	WV	0	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2006	WV	0	1	Yes
Sep 2, 2005	WV	0	1	Yes
Jan 29, 2004	MD	0	0	Yes
Sep 17, 2001	VA	0	8	Yes
Jun 10, 1999	VA	0	1	Yes