Scott's Excavating and Hauling 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
46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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
- 16
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 46
- Annualized
- ≈23 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.4 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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 40 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | AL | 3 | 4 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2020 | AL | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2017 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2015 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2015 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2015 | AL | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| May 21, 2015 | AL | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2014 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2014 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 20, 2014 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2014 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 4, 2013 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2013 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2013 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2013 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2013 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2012 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2012 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2011 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 24, 2010 | AL | 0 | 3 | No |