Carrier profile · USDOT 2282379 · MC-779580 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

TURQUOISE LLC

DBA TURQUOISE TRUCKING

31 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 34 statesCEDAR RAPIDS, IA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-779580 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksturquoisetruck.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 43.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 55 vehicle and 119 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 27.4 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

113 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 10

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
119
Annualized
≈60 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

93%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
92%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
85%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
80%
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 Driving73 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 18 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
18False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 6 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256036
20241011
20232212
20223113
20213013
20202002
20191001
20183023
20171001
20151001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 18, 2025CA01Yes
Nov 21, 2025PA01Yes
Oct 22, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 10, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 2, 2025IA01Yes
Jan 14, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 17, 2024MA01Yes
Jun 7, 2023AZ10Yes
Mar 10, 2023AZ41Yes
Nov 3, 2022WY10Yes
Sep 27, 2022IN01Yes
Aug 18, 2022NC00Yes
Dec 14, 2021IA00Yes
Jul 20, 2021IA01Yes
Feb 16, 2021IN00Yes
Aug 6, 2020NY00Yes
Jan 24, 2020WV00Yes
Jun 3, 2019TN00Yes
Jun 16, 2018KY01Yes
May 13, 2018IL01Yes
Apr 17, 2018PA00Yes
Feb 2, 2017CO00Yes
Jun 1, 2015FL00Yes
Jun 21, 2014NC00Yes