Carrier profile · USDOT 2294085 · MC-783342 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

TERRA FIRST LLC

32 power unitsavg 9.9 yrMulti-region · 8 statesVERNON, AL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-783342 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 26.0 pts 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 3

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241001
20232002
20223103
20201001
20191011
20181001
20173023
20161010
20141011
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 16, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 30, 2025TN02Yes
Oct 26, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 25, 2023AL00Yes
Feb 16, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 5, 2022GA10Yes
Jun 20, 2022KY00Yes
Apr 24, 2022AL00Yes
Sep 1, 2020AL00Yes
May 2, 2019AR01Yes
Mar 6, 2018AL00Yes
Nov 28, 2017AL01Yes
Jul 15, 2017AR00Yes
May 21, 2017AL01Yes
Sep 26, 2016AL01No
Nov 10, 2014WV01Yes
Mar 29, 2013WV00Yes