Carrier profile · USDOT 136936 · MC-295902 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Structural Metals Inc

117 power unitsavg 7.7 yrRegional · 3 statesSEGUIN, TX88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-295902 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

117Power units

84 observed · MCS-150

135Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.7Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(830) 372-8200 Email dispatchscott.johnson2@cmc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 287 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

117 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.7 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

181 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 16.0%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 — 169 vehicle and 181 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.3% · 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 4.7 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

169 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 14

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 117-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 117
Inspections · 24 mo: 181
Annualized: ≈91 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 7 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 10 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$5,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $5M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Highlands’95–’01

Pacific Employers’01–’10

Zurich American’10–’23

1995200320112019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2025

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2023 → Oct 2025	$750K	2
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2010 → Oct 2023	$750K	2
PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2001 → Oct 2010	$750K	1
HIGHLANDS INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1995 → Oct 2001	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 117
Observed power (24 mo): 84
Trailers (towed): 135

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

46.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

181

TX busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

SEGUIN, TX

1 STEEL MILL DRIVE

Top corridor

TX 179 · OK 1 · LA 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 11 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 494832 USDOT 2362489 USDOT 2343123 USDOT 2340674 USDOT 2955391 USDOT 3405866 USDOT 341253 USDOT 80806Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (70 trucks · 30 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2362489 USDOT 2521074 USDOT 2955391 USDOT 555214 USDOT 2343123 USDOT 2337287 USDOT 3405866 USDOT 3896412

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@cmc.com — 15 carriers: USDOT 47520 USDOT 60043 USDOT 112604 USDOT 117403 USDOT 275508 USDOT 341253 USDOT 716690 USDOT 809966

Shares a company officer with other carriers

scott johnson — 95 carriers: USDOT 60043 USDOT 112604 USDOT 275508 USDOT 335438 USDOT 341253 USDOT 392208 USDOT 453282 USDOT 471052

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

117

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1 STEEL MILL DRIVE, SEGUIN, TX, 78155
Mailing address: PO BOX 911, SEGUIN, TX, 78156-0911
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (830) 372-8200
Fax: (830) 372-8588
Email: scott.johnson2@cmc.com
Web domain: cmc.com

Registration

Officer: Scott Johnson
USDOT / docket: 136936 · MC-295902
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Jan 12, 2026 · 4,142,028 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 2, 2013
D-U-N-S: 8119414

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

117

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,142,028

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for STRUCTURAL METALS INC.

STRUCTURAL METALS INC (USDOT 136936) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $5,000,000 limit in force from ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 181 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 169 vehicle-level and 181 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 117 power units and 81 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 12, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 2, 2013 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is STRUCTURAL METALS INC's USDOT number?

STRUCTURAL METALS INC's USDOT number is 136936, and its motor carrier number is MC-295902.

Is STRUCTURAL METALS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, STRUCTURAL METALS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is STRUCTURAL METALS INC's safety record?

STRUCTURAL METALS INC has a 16.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 287 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is STRUCTURAL METALS INC's fleet?

STRUCTURAL METALS INC operates 117 power units and 81 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is STRUCTURAL METALS INC based?

STRUCTURAL METALS INC is based in SEGUIN, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 3 states.

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