Sabel Steel Service Inc
DBA SABEL STEEL SERVICE
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 54
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 89
- Annualized
- ≈45 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 15 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 61 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2025 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2025 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2023 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2023 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2023 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2022 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2022 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 25, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2017 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2017 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2016 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |