Carrier profile · USDOT 687437 · MC-687576 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Waste Connections of Tennessee Inc

DBA QUEEN CITY DISPOSAL

475 power unitsavg 7.8 yrRegional · 4 statesKNOXVILLE, TN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-687576 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
Verified linkswcnx.orgFMCSA 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 70.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 67 vehicle and 109 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

69.2% · 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 21.0 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 13

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 475-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
475
Inspections · 24 mo
109
Annualized
55 / yr
Coverage
0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.17measure
SMS · per-BASIC
47%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
87%
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.

  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 30 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 139 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 169 total · 10 in 24 mo

169
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
74
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263022
20255145
20247137
20237016
20228018
20217036
20205014
2019121312
20185124
20179039
20167027
20159139
20147027
20133012
20128148
20117257
20109058
20097077
20085125
200711048
20065045
20058157
20048038
20031011
20022012
20012002
20001011
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 20, 2026TN01No
Feb 16, 2026TN01Yes
Aug 22, 2025TN12Yes
Jul 22, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 4, 2025TN01Yes
Apr 9, 2025TN01Yes
Mar 13, 2025TN01Yes
Dec 9, 2024TN01Yes
Oct 25, 2024TN10Yes
Jul 17, 2024TN00Yes
May 21, 2024TN01Yes
Apr 9, 2024TN00Yes
Jan 31, 2024TN01Yes
Jan 27, 2024TN00Yes
Dec 13, 2023MS01No
Oct 12, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 3, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 31, 2023TN00Yes
May 9, 2023TN00Yes
Jan 24, 2023TN00Yes
Jan 10, 2023TN00Yes
Dec 16, 2022TN00Yes
Oct 19, 2022TN00Yes
Sep 15, 2022TN00Yes