Carrier profile · USDOT 518180 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southland Insulators of Md

DBA DEVERE INSULATION CO HARFORD INSULATION CO

52 power unitsavg 5.5 yrLocal · 2 statesBALTIMORE, MD94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 6.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 94 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.5% · 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 9.5 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

96 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 52-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
52
Inspections · 24 mo
97
Annualized
49 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
20%
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 Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 138 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 0 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20201011
20161001
20143023
20112002
20081010
20071011
20041001
19981011
19972022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2024MD02Yes
Aug 4, 2020MD01Yes
Oct 21, 2016MD00Yes
Oct 16, 2014DC02Yes
Sep 16, 2014MD00Yes
Jun 11, 2014MD01Yes
Nov 16, 2011MD00Yes
Oct 18, 2011MD00Yes
Feb 1, 2008MD01No
Oct 2, 2007MD01Yes
Mar 30, 2004MD00Yes
Jul 15, 1998MD01Yes
Jun 2, 1997MD01Yes
Apr 14, 1997MD01Yes