Carrier profile · USDOT 1472900 · MC-799227 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Special Materials Company

DBA SMC GLOBAL

25 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 16 statesKERSHAW, SC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-799227 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 14.5%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 — 69 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 5.4 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

80 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 7

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
47%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther4 · 3 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20242021
20232012
20212022
20201011
20191001
20182002
20174124
20151011
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 23, 2026NC00Yes
May 13, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2024SC01Yes
Dec 4, 2024TX01No
Jun 29, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 10, 2023SC01Yes
Aug 10, 2021LA02Yes
Feb 12, 2021TX02Yes
Aug 26, 2020SC02Yes
Jan 2, 2019TX00Yes
May 26, 2018KY00Yes
Apr 4, 2018SC00Yes
Aug 28, 2017SC01Yes
Aug 21, 2017SC00Yes
Jun 15, 2017GA00Yes
May 4, 2017NC11Yes
Jan 18, 2015SC01Yes
Dec 3, 2010SC00Yes