Carrier profile · USDOT 672113 · MC-364330 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

T & L GRADING INC

13 power unitsavg 9.9 yrLocal · 2 statesKINGS MOUNTAIN, NC82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-364330 ACTIVE

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%

Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

43%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

47%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 10, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 17 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	1	0	0	1
2024	1	0	1	1
2022	2	0	2	2
2021	1	0	1	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2006	2	0	1	2
2005	1	0	1	1
2001	1	1	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 17, 2026	SC	0	0	Yes
Aug 4, 2025	SC	0	0	Yes
Apr 25, 2024	NC	0	1	Yes
Aug 4, 2022	SC	0	1	Yes
May 27, 2022	NC	0	1	Yes
Jan 5, 2021	NC	0	2	Yes
Jun 29, 2020	SC	0	0	Yes
Jan 7, 2019	SC	0	1	Yes
Oct 2, 2018	NC	0	1	Yes
Oct 10, 2017	NC	0	0	Yes
Mar 22, 2016	SC	0	1	Yes
Jul 17, 2015	SC	0	2	Yes
Feb 2, 2010	NC	0	0	Yes
Jul 7, 2006	NC	0	5	Yes
Mar 10, 2006	NC	0	0	Yes
Mar 30, 2005	SC	0	1	Yes
Jan 24, 2001	SC	1	1	Yes