Carrier profile · USDOT 280534 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC

210 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 32 statesRUSSELL SPRINGS, KY81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
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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 26.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 202 vehicle and 355 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

340 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 20

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 210-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
210
Inspections · 24 mo
355
Annualized
≈178 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving123 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 14 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 33 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving14 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

47 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
7False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 155 total · 9 in 24 mo

155
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
63
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20255015
20247047
20235014
20225025
20219139
20204004
2019100210
20188047
20177017
20163023
20156046
20146046
20135014
20122012
20117027
20105014
20099049
20083023
20074024
20062011
20056126
20043022
20033013
20023012
20014124
20004032
19993022
19983012
19972002
19962022
19953023
19942002
19931011
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 19, 2026KY00Yes
May 19, 2026AL02Yes
Mar 26, 2026IL01Yes
Dec 2, 2025LA00Yes
Jul 1, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 9, 2025VA01Yes
Feb 20, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 28, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 24, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 14, 2024NC06Yes
Jun 6, 2024NC02Yes
Apr 16, 2024VA00Yes
Apr 1, 2024GA01Yes
Mar 24, 2024PA01Yes
Jan 28, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 24, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 2, 2023MA00Yes
Sep 29, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 17, 2023MS00Yes
Feb 27, 2023GA01No
May 26, 2022LA02Yes
May 3, 2022KY00Yes
Apr 11, 2022NJ01Yes
Feb 7, 2022NY00Yes
Jan 27, 2022TN00Yes