Sand & Dirt Inc
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
17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 4
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
- 13
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 17
- Annualized
- ≈9 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 36 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2024 | FL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2007 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 2, 2005 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2005 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2005 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2004 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 25, 2004 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 7, 2004 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2003 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 30, 2002 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 28, 2002 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 7, 2002 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 1995 | FL | 1 | 0 | Yes |