Carrier profile · USDOT 4993 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Steel Services Inc

14 power unitsavg 10.1 yrRegional · 3 statesRICHMOND, VA100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssteelservicesinc.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 43.3 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 14-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.48measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 20 total · 0 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232002
20212012
20171011
20161011
20151001
20111011
20084024
20071001
20062011
20051001
20022012
19991011
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 4, 2023VA00Yes
Sep 14, 2023VA00Yes
Dec 13, 2021VA00Yes
Aug 10, 2021NC01Yes
Jun 21, 2017VA01Yes
Jan 22, 2016VA01Yes
Aug 10, 2015NC00Yes
Aug 10, 2011VA02Yes
Dec 11, 2008VA00Yes
Dec 10, 2008VA00Yes
Jul 18, 2008VA01Yes
Jul 18, 2008VA01Yes
Dec 21, 2007VA00Yes
Nov 14, 2006VA01No
Jan 25, 2006VA00Yes
Jan 19, 2005VA00Yes
Nov 19, 2002VA00Yes
Sep 27, 2002VA01Yes
Oct 18, 1999VA01Yes
Oct 17, 1997VA01Yes