Carrier profile · USDOT 159317 · MC-143621 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Tennessee Steel Haulers LLC

DBA TSH

526 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 44 statesNASHVILLE, TN81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-143621 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

526Power units

546 observed · MCS-150

525Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(615) 271-2400 Email dispatchjoe.williams@tenh.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 21, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average24.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record32 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

30 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

30 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

526 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.6 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

1,219 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 24.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 650 vehicle and 1,218 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.5% · 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

1,184 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 71

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 526-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 526
Inspections · 24 mo: 1,219
Annualized: ≈610 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving396 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance182 · 133 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance150 · 28 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance116 · 30 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance67 · 27 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance53 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance49 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance36 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$3,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$3M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $3M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 12 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Sentry Select’02–’08

National Interstate’13–’17

Pacific Financial’13–’22

1998200520122019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 19 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $3,000,000 · ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 19 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2025 → May 2026	$750K	2
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2024 → May 2024	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2024 → May 2024	$750K	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2022 → May 2024	$750K	1
OMNIA RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	Mar 2022 → May 2024	$750K	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2022 → May 2022	$750K	1
OMNIA RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	Jun 2021 → Apr 2022	$750K	2
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2021 → Mar 2022	$750K	4
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2018 → Mar 2021	$750K	1
AMERICAN TRUCKING AND TRANSP. INS. CO., RRG	Oct 2017 → Oct 2018	$750K	1
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Oct 2013 → Apr 2022	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2013 → Oct 2017	$750K	2
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Jul 2011 → Feb 2013	$750K	3
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2010 → Jan 2013	$750K	2
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2008 → Oct 2010	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2002 → Oct 2008	$750K	2
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	Jan 2000 → Jan 2002	$750K	3
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1999 → Jan 2000	$750K	1
ACCELERATION NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 1998 → Jan 1999	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 526
Observed power (24 mo): 546
Trailers (towed): 525

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

64.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 44 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

1,215

TX busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

NASHVILLE, TN

2607 BRICK CHURCH PIKE

Top corridor

TX ⇄ TN

TX 184 · NC 118 · TN 94

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 28 trucks also ran under 26 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2154653 USDOT 2512690 USDOT 3548601 USDOT 4284824 USDOT 292991 USDOT 327574 USDOT 285565 USDOT 1146401Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 161 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 831953 USDOT 2439128 USDOT 3442917 USDOT 3551272 USDOT 3736237 USDOT 511412 USDOT 2141718 USDOT 3162107

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@tenh.com — 6 carriers: USDOT 733138 USDOT 878113 USDOT 1772073 USDOT 1772388 USDOT 1793459

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

526

Observed (24 mo)

546

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2607 BRICK CHURCH PIKE, NASHVILLE, TN, 37207
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (615) 271-2400
Fax: (615) 271-2364
Email: joe.williams@tenh.com
Web domain: tenh.com

Registration

Officers: Joe Williams · Gregg Stanley
USDOT / docket: 159317 · MC-143621
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Jan 31, 2025 · 54,538,263 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jun 13, 2011
D-U-N-S: 95666380

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

526

Power units

532

Drivers

532

CDL drivers

54,538,263

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC.

TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC (USDOT 159317) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $3,000,000 limit in force from ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 24.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 1,219 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 650 vehicle-level and 1,218 driver-level — across 44 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 30 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 32 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 526 power units and 532 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 31, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jun 13, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC's USDOT number?

TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC's USDOT number is 159317, and its motor carrier number is MC-143621.

Is TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC's safety record?

TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC has a 24.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 2,086 roadside inspections, with 30 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC's fleet?

TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC operates 526 power units and 532 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC based?

TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS LLC is based in NASHVILLE, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 44 states.

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