Carrier profile · USDOT 29082 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southern Recycling LLC

DBA EMR

33 power unitsavg 8.8 yrRegional · 5 statesMETAIRIE, LA74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksemrgroup.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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 70 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

61.5% · 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 11.5 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 33-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
70
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 26 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jan 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242012
20212012
20202012
20161001
20152012
20141001
20132011
20122012
20111011
20081001
20031011
19991011
19982112
19921000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 10, 2024LA00Yes
Jan 22, 2024LA03Yes
Nov 12, 2021LA00Yes
Aug 19, 2021LA01Yes
Feb 28, 2020LA01Yes
Feb 10, 2020LA00Yes
Nov 30, 2016LA00Yes
Jul 20, 2015LA03Yes
Jun 3, 2015LA00Yes
Aug 22, 2014LA00Yes
Dec 17, 2013LA00Yes
Mar 25, 2013LA05No
Sep 19, 2012LA01Yes
Feb 20, 2012LA00Yes
Nov 22, 2011LA02Yes
Feb 18, 2008LA00Yes
May 21, 2003MS01Yes
Jan 11, 1999MS02Yes
Nov 3, 1998MS00Yes
Jun 1, 1998LA13Yes
May 13, 1992MS00No