Carrier profile · USDOT 848277 · MC-785258 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Waste Services of Tennessee LLC

20 power unitsavg 6.7 yrRegional · 3 statesPHOENIX, AZ100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-785258 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrepublicservices.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 11.5%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 — 26 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 9.3 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 5

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 64 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 32 total · 0 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20213023
20192012
20183013
20176016
20162002
20151001
20141001
20132012
20121010
20101001
20081001
20072002
20064044
20051011
20041001
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 23, 2021TN02Yes
Apr 20, 2021TN01Yes
Feb 19, 2021GA00Yes
Oct 31, 2019TN01Yes
Jan 7, 2019TN00Yes
Nov 20, 2018AL00Yes
Aug 31, 2018AL01Yes
Aug 1, 2018TN00Yes
Aug 23, 2017TN00Yes
Jun 29, 2017GA00Yes
Apr 24, 2017AL02Yes
Apr 13, 2017TN00Yes
Mar 22, 2017TN00Yes
Mar 18, 2017TN00Yes
Oct 25, 2016AL00Yes
Oct 10, 2016TN00Yes
Oct 7, 2015TN00Yes
May 23, 2014TN00Yes
May 8, 2013TN00Yes
Jan 4, 2013GA01Yes
Nov 1, 2012TN01No
Jun 29, 2010TN00Yes
Jul 8, 2008TN00Yes
Dec 17, 2007TN00Yes
Apr 24, 2007TN00Yes