Carrier profile · USDOT 472342 · MC-1227711 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Smith Industrial Service Inc

145 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 5 statesMOBILE, AL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1227711 ACTIVE
Verified linkssmithind.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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 103 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 10.7 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

96 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 9

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 145-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
145
Inspections · 24 mo
103
Annualized
≈52 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20243013
20232002
20224023
20211001
20201001
20192002
20171011
20163013
20121001
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 15, 2026AL00Yes
May 11, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 29, 2024MS01Yes
Jul 25, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 5, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 4, 2023AL00Yes
Jan 16, 2023FL00Yes
Jun 9, 2022AL02No
May 23, 2022AL00Yes
Feb 16, 2022AL02Yes
Jan 31, 2022AL00Yes
Aug 27, 2021AL00Yes
Nov 17, 2020AL00Yes
Nov 26, 2019AL00Yes
Feb 6, 2019AL00Yes
Sep 20, 2017AL01Yes
Nov 17, 2016FL00Yes
Mar 11, 2016AL00Yes
Feb 8, 2016MS01Yes
Aug 8, 2012FL00Yes
Aug 31, 2011AL00Yes