Carrier profile · USDOT 3827862 · MC-1387480 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Shepherd Energy Services LLC

82 power unitsavg 9.6 yrLocal · 1 statesODESSA, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1387480 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 39.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 115 vehicle and 120 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.3% · 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 15.9 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

114 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 13

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 82-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
82
Inspections · 24 mo
120
Annualized
≈60 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
96%
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 Maintenance185 · 17 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance125 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving69 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance54 · 23 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance42 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance38 · 18 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 7 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 15 total · 11 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265124
20254023
20246025
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2026TX01No
Mar 9, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 18, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 13, 2026TX10Yes
Jan 8, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 1, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 28, 2025TX01No
Mar 21, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 13, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 30, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 22, 2024TX01No
Jul 10, 2024TX00Yes
May 13, 2024TX01Yes
Jan 26, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 25, 2024TX00Yes