Carrier profile · USDOT 200721 · MC-279200 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pvs- Nolwood Chemicals Inc

DBA PVS CHEMISTRY FOR DAILY LIFE

47 power unitsavg 5.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesDETROIT, MI94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-279200 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkspvschemicals.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 20.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 84 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 19.8 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

81 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 8

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 47-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
84
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 172.202 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
  • 397.3 Hazardous materials transportHM Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 18 total · 1 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242002
20212012
20201001
20182012
20172012
20162002
20151011
20133022
20081001
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 21, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 23, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 10, 2024WV00Yes
Dec 17, 2021IN00Yes
Jan 21, 2021MI01Yes
Feb 20, 2020OH00Yes
Oct 15, 2018MI00Yes
Oct 8, 2018KY03Yes
Sep 8, 2017MI00Yes
Apr 24, 2017MI01Yes
Oct 3, 2016MI00Yes
Jul 21, 2016MI00Yes
Nov 4, 2015OH01Yes
Dec 14, 2013MI00Yes
Dec 10, 2013OH01Yes
Jul 24, 2013OH01No
Feb 26, 2008MI00Yes
Sep 14, 1993MI00Yes