Carrier profile · USDOT 334451 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Waste Management of Carolinas Inc

DBA WM

513 power unitsavg 6.8 yrLocal · 2 statesGASTONIA, NC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 12.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 345 vehicle and 669 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.5% · 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 11.1 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

647 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 46

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 513-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
513
Inspections · 24 mo
669
Annualized
≈335 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
9%
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 Driving86 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 26 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving5 · 5 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 1,120 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 333 total · 38 in 24 mo

333
Total crashes
38
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
148
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026120311
2025150715
2024141314
2023130213
2022130511
20219118
2020241923
2019120510
2018140913
2017151414
2016180718
20157127
2014100410
2013131412
2012130713
2011100510
20108058
2009141814
20084024
20079059
20067026
20057056
20043013
2003140614
20029047
20017076
20001001
19993013
19989048
19974014
19967077
19959177
19946066
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026NC00Yes
Jul 6, 2026NC00Yes
Jul 2, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 5, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 5, 2026NC00Yes
May 8, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 23, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 19, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 11, 2026NC01No
Jan 30, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 20, 2026NC02Yes
Jan 8, 2026NC02Yes
Dec 15, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 12, 2025NC01Yes
Dec 3, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 24, 2025NC01Yes
Nov 17, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 30, 2025NC01Yes
Sep 19, 2025SC01Yes
Aug 28, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 4, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 22, 2025SC00Yes
May 27, 2025NC01Yes
May 22, 2025NC01Yes
May 16, 2025NC00Yes