Carrier profile · USDOT 181089 · MC-480838 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Shapiro Metals Company

DBA SHAPIRO METALS

34 power unitsavg 12.5 yrMulti-region · 8 statesST LOUIS, MO86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-480838 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksshapirometals.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 43.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 13.2 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 4

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 34-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
34
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Maintenance14 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 35 total · 0 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20234014
20224004
20202002
20182012
20171011
20162012
20123013
20091001
20083013
20072022
20054114
20042011
19991010
19981001
19971011
19941011
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 24, 2023TN02Yes
Oct 9, 2023KS00Yes
Oct 3, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 28, 2023AL00Yes
Nov 1, 2022MO00Yes
Oct 26, 2022MS00Yes
Mar 25, 2022MO00Yes
Mar 8, 2022GA00Yes
Sep 24, 2020TN00Yes
Jun 26, 2020IA00Yes
Dec 12, 2018MO00Yes
May 1, 2018MO01Yes
Jun 20, 2017MO01Yes
Sep 28, 2016TN02Yes
May 5, 2016MO00Yes
Dec 26, 2012AR00Yes
Aug 23, 2012TN04Yes
Apr 26, 2012IN00Yes
Sep 21, 2009IN00Yes
Jun 5, 2008TN00Yes
May 1, 2008GA01Yes
Apr 29, 2008IN00Yes
Aug 22, 2007TN01Yes
May 22, 2007AR01Yes
Aug 19, 2005MO12Yes