Carrier profile · USDOT 2297049 · MC-784360 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RED STONE OPERATIONS INC

7 power unitsavg 16.8 yrLocal · 1 statesODESSA, TX47/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-784360 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksredstoneoperations.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 62.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 18.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

55.6% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 27.1 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 4

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 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
98%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 8 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 3 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261101
20251001
20241011
20233003
20211001
20192011
20181011
20174014
20151101
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026TX10Yes
Dec 13, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 22, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 22, 2023TX00Yes
May 23, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 26, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2019TX00Yes
May 24, 2019TX01No
Aug 18, 2018TX01Yes
Oct 24, 2017TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2017TX00Yes
Feb 18, 2017TX01Yes
Feb 11, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 17, 2015TX10Yes
Oct 2, 2014TX01Yes