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
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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 23.9%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 — 652 vehicle and 1,222 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.2% · 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

1,179 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
1,223
Annualized
≈612 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
52%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
71%
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 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

ELD & hours-of-service

110 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

65ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
36Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 738 total · 30 in 24 mo

738
Total crashes
30
In last 24 mo
32
Fatal
330
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267027
2025160616
2024250824
20232901028
20223031029
20212621025
2020140513
2019252924
2018212621
2017231823
2016252923
20155022150
20142911328
20133311231
20123631935
20112211218
20102701226
2009190919
20082811026
20072821124
20062611521
20052801328
2004201819
20032521421
2002152815
20011501111
2000110910
19998076
19981601015
19972101219
1996172716
19956054
19949147
19935043
19922002
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2026NC01Yes
Jun 8, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 22, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2026MS00Yes
Feb 28, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 1, 2026MN02Yes
Jan 2, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 16, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 30, 2025TX03Yes
Oct 21, 2025SC01Yes
Oct 17, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 17, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 9, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 1, 2025VA00Yes
Apr 28, 2025GA01Yes
Apr 2, 2025AR00Yes
Mar 24, 2025TN00Yes
Mar 18, 2025PA01Yes
Mar 7, 2025MA00Yes
Feb 22, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 22, 2025GA02Yes
Jan 22, 2025FL00Yes
Jan 14, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 30, 2024VA01Yes
Dec 20, 2024NC00Yes