CHARLES HOLSTON INC
USDOT 303348MC-Docket MC244214CARENCRO, LA
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CHARLES HOLSTON INC (USDOT 303348) in CARENCRO, LA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Safety rating is Conditional — FMCSA found enough issues to flag but not enough to downgrade to Unsatisfactory.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 7 times, most recent 2019-06-19 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2013-08-01 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0.43
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.03
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.43
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
34
Inspections
11
OOS inspections
18
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 11
- Total drivers
- 9
- Years in business
- 39
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 42.4%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 7 times last 2019-06-19
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-27
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2013-08-01 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
55
Inspections
17
OOS inspections
122
Violations
26
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-19 → 2026-05-08.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2024-12-15
LA
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
71 | 18 | 2026-05-08 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
25 | 1 | 2026-05-07 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
20 | 5 | 2026-05-07 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
2 | 2 | 2025-10-15 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 0 | 2025-06-18 |
Hours of service 395
|
2 | 0 | 2025-11-10 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-05-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-05-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - outer wheel | OOS |
| 2026-05-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2026-05-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel (Mud) Flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | OOS |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper battery installation | — |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2026-04-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2026-01-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-01-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio | — |
| 2025-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | — |
| 2025-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2025-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2025-11-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-11-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-11-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-11-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-10-15 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Bulk Packages) - Transporting or accept for transportation HM/DG in a bulk package/large means of containment not au | OOS |
| 2025-10-15 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Accepting/transporting HM not prepared in accordance with the regulations. Package has identifiable (without the use of | OOS |
| 2025-10-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-09-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front belt material/casing ply showing in tread area | OOS |
| 2025-08-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2025-08-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-08-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2025-06-18 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2025-06-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-06-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-06-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-06-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-01-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2024-12-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-12-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2024-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Roll-on/Roll-off/Hook Lift Containers - Improper securement of a roll-on/roll-off and hook lift container | OOS |
| 2024-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-11-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2024-10-26 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2024-10-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | — |
| 2024-10-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-10-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-10-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-08 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
2026-05-07 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLOW | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2WC | — | — |
2026-04-29 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 30 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
2026-04-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2026-01-22 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
2025-11-13 9 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-11-10 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-10-15 2 viols· 2 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 801-LEAK | OOS | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 801HMBPTA | OOS | — |
2025-10-10 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2025-09-29 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2025-09-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2025-09-17 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TFBMF | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG1 | — | — |
2025-08-30 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
2025-06-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
2025-06-03 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-01-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
2024-12-20 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
2024-12-06 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG1 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA3 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2024-11-26 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 134B-CRHLC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2024-11-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2024-10-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16 | — | — |
2024-10-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A | — | — |
2024-10-10 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
2024-10-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-10-03 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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