Carrier profile · USDOT 391314 · MC-231685 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Samuel J Piazza & Son Inc

DBA PIAZZA TRUCKING

38 power unitsavg 9.1 yrRegional · 6 statesSOUTH GATE, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-231685 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkspiazzatrucking.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 8.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 87 vehicle and 100 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.5% · 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

105 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 16

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
108
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving24 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

11ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 85 total · 0 in 24 mo

85
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20221001
20202012
20192012
20184013
20172012
20162002
20155005
20141001
20136035
20126035
20114024
20106016
20096036
20081001
20074104
20063003
20053013
20042002
20034014
20023023
20013003
20001001
19995005
19983013
19972002
19922002
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 19, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 5, 2020CA01Yes
Mar 11, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 26, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 9, 2019CA01Yes
Oct 30, 2018CA00Yes
Aug 18, 2018NM00Yes
Aug 10, 2018CA01No
Feb 15, 2018CA00Yes
Oct 20, 2017CA01Yes
Jul 17, 2017CA00Yes
Dec 31, 2016CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2016CA00Yes
Dec 14, 2015CA00Yes
Aug 25, 2015CA00Yes
Aug 24, 2015CA00Yes
May 15, 2015TX00Yes
Mar 11, 2015TX00Yes
Feb 5, 2014CA00Yes
Dec 3, 2013CA02No
Sep 4, 2013NM01Yes
Aug 30, 2013TX00Yes
Aug 20, 2013TX00Yes
Jul 26, 2013CA02Yes