STERIS INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC

DBA: STERIS

DOT# 1035752 MC# 1030854 DUNS# 785803404 Birmingham, AL Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(205) 617-7756 andrew_ragland@steris.com 3316 2nd Ave North, Birmingham AL 35222
300 power units 635 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 90.0 / 100
Low confidence
24 yrs history · 104 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
300
Drivers · CDL
635 · 0
Annual miles
4M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 68 232 0 300
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
06-19-2002 (24 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-13-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
LAURA MATHER

Cargo

34.0
low risk
Other: NO CARGO EQU

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.29× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; this rule holds it at Strong:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 300 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 56 units seen in 24 months, 0.17 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is about one-third that of similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 200–499 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.29×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.3 vs 4.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.3
Similar fleets
4.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Much better than peers. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 4.5 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.33×, violations 0.40× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.55× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -20%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 13 of 39 violations (33%). Light or brake defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Unsafe driving
    Cited 3 for phone use.
    Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 56 of the 300 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (104 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 300 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 6.3% vs 22.3% national; driver 1.9% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 5
  • Substance violations: 2
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
104
72% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
6.3%
4 of 63
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.9%
2 of 104
National avg 6.7%
Violations
39
5 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 17 inspections, 0 out of service 17 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 14 inspections, 2 out of service 14 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 12 inspections, 0 out of service 12 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 12 inspections, 1 out of service 12 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 15 inspections, 3 out of service 15 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 68 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.002 0.012
Inspections 0.25 0.31
Violations 0.07 0.09
Critical violations 0.01 0.02

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 200–499 power units, low-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

39 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    26 · 4 OOS
    Lights 13 · Brakes 2 · Tires 1 · Other parts 10
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    9 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 5 · Phone use 3 · Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 2 · No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Jun
    6
    2025
    Louisiana
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$3,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA
on record since Mar 1, 2019 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 19, 2019)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • New York 28
  • California 12
  • Washington 10
  • Maryland 9
  • Pennsylvania 8
  • Florida 7
  • New Jersey 6
  • Kentucky 3

Runs well beyond its home state: 0 of 104 inspections were in Alabama.