WATT & STEWART COMMODITIES INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
187 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 14
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 93
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 190
- Annualized
- ≈95 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 52 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2026 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2025 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2024 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2024 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2023 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2023 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2021 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2021 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2020 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2020 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2019 | ND | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2019 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2019 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2019 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2019 | IA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 1, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2018 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2017 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2017 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2016 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2016 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2016 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |