CAROLINA METALS GROUP LLC
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 202624 inspections · 45 violations (10 OOS) · 29.2% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Violations by BASIC
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Top cited codes
score = count × severity weight
- 1393.75(a)(3)Vehicle Maint.3 OOS
Tire-flat and/or audible air leak
24
3× · sev 8
- 2393.75A3-TAOLVehicle Maint.3 OOS
Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS
24
3× · sev 8
- 3393.9A-LHWSVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative
12
2× · sev 6
- 4393.9A-LTSIVehicle Maint.2 OOS
Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle.
12
2× · sev 6
- 5393.75A3-TAOLTISVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Tires - All others, leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS
8
1× · sev 8
- 6396.17C-PIVehicle Maint.
Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection
8
2× · sev 4
- 7395.3A2-PROPHOS Compliance
Driving beyond 14 hour duty period (Property carrying vehicle)
7
1× · sev 7
- 8393.207F-SDASVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Suspension - Deflated air suspension
7
1× · sev 7
- 9393.9Vehicle Maint.
Inoperable Required Lamp
6
3× · sev 2
- 10392.2-SLLILCUnsafe Driving
State/Local Laws - Improper lane change
5
1× · sev 5
Most inspected in · top 4 states
- SC11
- NC9
- KY3
- VA1
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusPRIVATE PROPERTY
- Interstate · <100 mi30 drivers
- Company officer
- JULIE S TAYLOR
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2017-06-07
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2025-05-28
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 31 trucks · 71 owned trailers · 24 leased/term tractors.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses or phone numbers with 1 other carrier — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
2 events- 05/28/2025MCS-150 update filed
0.0M mi reported (2024)
- 06/07/2017Registered with FMCSA
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Conditional
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2024-11-05
- Last review
- 2024-08-30
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2025-05-28
- Reported mileage
- 1 mi (2024)
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