Carrier profile · USDOT 459832 · MC-376338 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RL Raffaldt Inc

19 power unitsavg 12.6 yrLocal · 2 statesCONCORD, NC93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-376338 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 25.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 29.2 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Nov 16, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 48 total · 0 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20204004
20194014
20185045
20176036
20162022
20154033
20146035
20132012
20121011
20101011
20082022
20062012
20031011
20021001
20012002
20003032
19981011
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 21, 2020SC00Yes
Sep 25, 2020SC00Yes
Sep 3, 2020SC00Yes
Jan 2, 2020NC00Yes
Dec 18, 2019NC00Yes
Aug 1, 2019NC00Yes
Mar 13, 2019SC01Yes
Jan 18, 2019NC00Yes
Nov 7, 2018NC03Yes
Jul 18, 2018NC01Yes
Mar 26, 2018NC00Yes
Mar 12, 2018NC01Yes
Jan 10, 2018NC01Yes
Nov 27, 2017NC01Yes
Oct 30, 2017NC00Yes
Sep 12, 2017NC02Yes
Jun 14, 2017NC00Yes
May 18, 2017NC00Yes
Apr 18, 2017NC01Yes
Dec 29, 2016NC01Yes
Dec 20, 2016NC03Yes
Jul 13, 2015NC02Yes
Jul 6, 2015SC01No
Jun 8, 2015NC01Yes
Jun 5, 2015NC00Yes