Carrier profile · USDOT 211843 · MC-616004 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SONOCO RECYCLING INC

63 power unitsavg 10.4 yrRegional · 4 statesHARTSVILLE, SC93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-616004 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 22.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 63 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 11.4 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

59 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 8

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 63-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 63
Inspections · 24 mo: 63
Annualized: ≈32 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

17%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

49%

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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 102 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 69 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	5	0	2	5
2019	2	0	0	2
2018	2	0	1	2
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	2	2
2014	3	0	0	3
2013	3	0	0	3
2012	4	0	3	2
2010	2	0	0	2
2009	1	0	0	1
2008	2	0	2	1
2007	2	0	1	2
2006	4	0	3	3
2005	2	0	0	2
2004	4	0	2	3
2003	5	0	5	4
2002	8	0	6	8
2001	1	0	1	1
2000	3	1	0	3
1999	1	0	1	1
1998	3	0	2	2
1997	1	0	1	1
1996	2	0	2	2
1995	2	0	2	2
1994	3	0	2	2

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 7, 2022	SC	0	Yes
Sep 21, 2021	SC	1	Yes
Aug 30, 2021	SC	0	Yes
Aug 30, 2021	SC	1	Yes
Apr 23, 2021	NC	0	Yes
Mar 11, 2021	NC	0	Yes
Dec 31, 2019	NC	0	Yes
Apr 15, 2019	NC	0	Yes
Nov 15, 2018	VA	0	Yes
Apr 13, 2018	SC	2	Yes
May 2, 2016	NC	0	Yes
Dec 30, 2015	SC	1	Yes
Nov 17, 2015	NC	1	Yes
Nov 19, 2014	NC	0	Yes
Sep 25, 2014	NC	0	Yes
Feb 1, 2014	GA	0	Yes
Apr 11, 2013	KS	0	Yes
Mar 26, 2013	NC	0	Yes
Jan 18, 2013	NC	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2012	GA	1	No
May 25, 2012	SC	1	Yes
May 11, 2012	KS	1	No
Feb 16, 2012	SC	0	Yes
Aug 16, 2010	SC	0	Yes
Feb 2, 2010	SC	0	Yes