LOUIS PADNOS IRON & METAL CO
DBA: LP TRANSPORT LTD
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 173
- Drivers · CDL
- 127 · 127
- Annual miles
- 6M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tractors | 152 | 18 | 0 | 170 |
| Trailers | 865 | 0 | 0 | 865 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (11-04-2002) · 24 yr old
- Registered
- 06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 03-11-2026 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- VERNITA ROXBURY
- Officer
- JARED GRILLO
Cargo
- High-Risk Cargo
- Machinery Large, General Freight
Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.
Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 100–199 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.
Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 100–199 trucks.
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.
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Injury crashes3 crashes with 4 people hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Driver qualification1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (May 2025).Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
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Brakes and tiresBrakes are 29 of 85 violations (34%). Brake or tire defects led to 23 out-of-service orders.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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Vehicle out-of-service rate40.3% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (31 of 77), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.16× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
- Driver out-of-service rate 1.0% vs 6.7% national.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Track record
Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 100–199 trucks in Michigan (about 152 in 24 months would be typical).
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.035 | 0.025 |
| Inspections | 0.40 | 0.96 |
| Violations | 0.25 | 0.54 |
| Critical violations | 0.08 | 0.10 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
85 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert80 · 32 OOSBrakes 29 · Tires 21 · Lights 16 · Cargo securement 10 · Steering & suspension 2 · 2 more
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Unsafe driving No alert4 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 2 · Speeding 2
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Driver fitness No alert1 · 1 OOSNo valid CDL 1
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Hours of service No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
Jul312026MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Apr152026MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Mar182026MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jan222026MichiganProperty damage onlyIce road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Dec92025MichiganInjury · 1 person hurtSnow road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Nov52025MichiganInjury · 2 people hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Sep252025MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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May292025MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
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Sep272024MichiganInjury · 1 person hurtWet road, dark - not lighted, one-way trafficway not divided.
4 more in the FMCSA records below.
3 of the 12 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since- Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
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No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
- Cargo filing
- required · none on file
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
- Michigan (HQ) 95
- Indiana 7
- Ohio 1
Mostly inspected in its home state (92%).
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (173 power units: 173 filed, 64 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 173 power units this active to have about 4.6 crashes a year. This motor carrier recorded 16 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 5.3 a year) — about 1.2× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 5.1 over the next 12. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.2× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 4 | 0.35 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 44 | 6.00 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-APR-26 – 31-JAN-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.