Carrier profile · USDOT 3489032 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Trident Waste & Recycling LLC

DBA TRIDENT WASTE

60 power unitsavg 3.4 yrLocal · 1 statesN CHARLESTON, SC80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkstridentwastesc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 80.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 60-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
60
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 16 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 4 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20249059
20231011
20224024
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 9, 2025SC00Yes
Jul 17, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 14, 2024SC01Yes
Aug 23, 2024SC00Yes
Jul 15, 2024SC00Yes
Jun 7, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 12, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 6, 2024SC01Yes
Mar 4, 2024SC01Yes
Feb 14, 2024SC01Yes
Feb 12, 2024SC01Yes
Feb 17, 2023SC02Yes
Nov 1, 2022SC00Yes
Sep 19, 2022SC00Yes
Aug 12, 2022SC02Yes
Aug 4, 2022SC01Yes
Oct 18, 2021SC00Yes