Otis Elevator
DBA OTIS OR AMTECH
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
82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 7
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
- 707
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 86
- Annualized
- ≈43 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving98 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness22 · 6 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 1, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 31 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 1, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2023 | FL | 1 | 0 | No |
| Jan 11, 2023 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2022 | DC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 19, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2020 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2019 | WI | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2018 | DC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 23, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2018 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2017 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2016 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2015 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2015 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2013 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2012 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |