Carrier profile · USDOT 1478872 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Schatz Underground Inc

148 power unitsavg 19.8 yrRegional · 3 statesVILLA RIDGE, MO80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksschatzunderground.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 62.5%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 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 6.4 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 2

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
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 148-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
148
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 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
54%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 177.834 Other violationOther4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 172.2 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 22 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 31 total · 4 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20243023
20234004
20211011
20203023
20191001
20171001
20162012
20151011
20141001
20133013
20121001
20111011
20093013
20073023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 29, 2026MO01Yes
Feb 5, 2025MO00Yes
Feb 3, 2025MO00Yes
Aug 12, 2024MO01Yes
Jun 7, 2024MO00Yes
Feb 7, 2024MO01Yes
Nov 9, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 31, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 7, 2023MO00Yes
Apr 6, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 9, 2021MO01Yes
Oct 20, 2020MO00Yes
Mar 12, 2020MO02Yes
Jan 28, 2020MO03Yes
Nov 21, 2019MO00Yes
Apr 6, 2017MO00Yes
Jun 30, 2016MO02Yes
May 26, 2016MO00Yes
Sep 9, 2015MO02Yes
Apr 25, 2014MO00Yes
Jul 9, 2013MO01Yes
Feb 13, 2013KS00Yes
Jan 14, 2013MO00Yes
Jun 25, 2012MO00Yes
Aug 10, 2011MO02Yes