Southeastern Metals Manufacturing Company 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
22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 3
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
- 42
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 22
- Annualized
- ≈11 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 15 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2004 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2002 | FL | 0 | 2 | No |
| Aug 6, 1998 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 1997 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 1997 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 1996 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 1995 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 1995 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 1995 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 1994 | GA | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 1994 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 1994 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 4, 1993 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 1993 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 1993 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |