Steel Transportation Services Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 34
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 20
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 56 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2025 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2022 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2022 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2021 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2021 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2020 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2020 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2020 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2020 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2020 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2019 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 17, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2019 | MI | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 13, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2017 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2017 | MI | 1 | 0 | Yes |