Carrier profile · USDOT 854925 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SANDCO INC

38 power unitsavg 12.4 yrLocal · 1 statesTALLAHASSEE, FL74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkssandcofl.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 40.0%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 — 10 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.8 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

21 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 38-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 49 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242021
20232011
20224123
20211001
20202012
20191001
20161010
20151011
20102012
20071011
20051011
20032011
20021010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 12, 2024FL01No
Mar 11, 2024FL02Yes
Aug 8, 2023FL01No
Jun 26, 2023FL00Yes
Dec 2, 2022FL11Yes
Nov 14, 2022FL01No
Aug 2, 2022FL00Yes
Mar 4, 2022FL00Yes
Sep 25, 2021FL00Yes
Dec 12, 2020FL02Yes
Jan 24, 2020FL00Yes
Oct 8, 2019FL00Yes
Mar 8, 2016FL01No
Feb 6, 2015FL01Yes
Oct 14, 2010FL02Yes
Oct 5, 2010FL00Yes
Jan 15, 2007FL01Yes
Jan 3, 2005FL01Yes
Apr 21, 2003FL04No
Mar 22, 2003FL00Yes
Mar 28, 2002FL02No