Scruggs Farms Lawn & Garden LLC
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
8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1
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
- 18
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 8
- Annualized
- ≈4 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 13 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 24 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 15, 2025 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2024 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2024 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2023 | MS | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 19, 2023 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2022 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2021 | MS | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2019 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2018 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2017 | MS | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 11, 2017 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2016 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2016 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2015 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2015 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2010 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2005 | TN | 0 | 2 | No |
| Oct 26, 2004 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2003 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 31, 2001 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2001 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2000 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |