TRANS-PHOS INC

DOT# 160457 MC# 943986 DUNS# 696640 Mulberry, FL Authorized For-Hire
(863) 534-1575 mcannon@transphos.com 5020 Old Hwy 37, Mulberry FL 33860
380 power units 431 drivers 25.4M mi/yr · ~67k per unit
Intrastate Only
Marginal
FRED Score 37.6 / 100
High confidence
52 yrs history · 568 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
380
Drivers · CDL
431 · 431
Annual miles
25.4M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 197 0 197
Tractors 56 127 0 183
Trailers 92 120 0 212

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-16-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
WILLIAM N WHITNEY

Cargo

52.8
medium risk
General Freight Other: AGGREGATE Dry Bulk
High-Risk Cargo
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.

Intrastate operation

Runs within Florida only. Intrastate fleets in Florida are inspected about 1 a year for every 7 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

No Interstate Operating Authority

This carrier is not authorized for interstate for-hire operations. They may still operate legally as an intrastate for-hire carrier.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate 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 1.37×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
14.4 vs 10.5 for similar fleets
Likely 8–22 crashes
This motor carrier
14.4
Similar fleets
10.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~34%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Much worse than peers. 29 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 14 a year), including 3 fatal (3 deaths) and 13 with injuries; similar fleets have about 11 a year. The grade counts 48 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.18×, out-of-service orders 0.51× and violations 0.65× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -24%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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.

  • Fatal crashes
    3 crashes with 3 fatalities in 24 months (most recent Aug 11, 2026).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    13 crashes with 14 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    4 out-of-service violations against drivers: 3 English proficiency, 1 no valid CDL (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 91 of 256 violations (36%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 15 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 19.0% vs 30.6% for intrastate motor carriers; driver 0.7% vs 8.5%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 77% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • No active operating authority
    The motor carrier's interstate for-hire authority is revoked or inactive, so it isn't currently cleared to haul interstate for hire.
  • Dangerous driving: 5
  • High speeding: 8

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
29
3 fatalities · 15 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
568
77% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
19.0%
38 of 200
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.7%
4 of 568
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
256
48 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 200–499 trucks in Florida (about 94 in 24 months would be typical; 55% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 30 inspections, 1 out of service 30 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 27 inspections, 2 out of service 27 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 101 inspections, 5 out of service 101 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 131 inspections, 6 out of service 131 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 99 inspections, 8 out of service 99 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 59 inspections, 7 out of service 59 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 55 inspections, 8 out of service 55 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 60 inspections, 4 out of service 60 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 6 inspections.
vs 60 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.037 0.010
Inspections 0.94 0.19
Violations 0.34 0.04
Critical violations 0.06 0.01

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

What they get cited for

256 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    232 · 44 OOS
    Lights 91 · Cargo securement 30 · Brakes 24 · Tires 19 · Steering & suspension 10 · 58 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    17 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 9 · Reckless / lane 6 · Seat belt 1 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    7 · 4 OOS
    No valid CDL 4 · English proficiency 3
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Aug
    11
    2026
    Florida
    Fatal · 1 death
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
    In the news
    Haines City Man Struck And Killed By Winter Haven Dump Truck Driver In Crosswalk Crash
    Tampa Free Press · Aug 11, 2026

    Why this link: FMCSA crash report FL2702601506 (FHP) lists TRANS-PHOS INC’s truck in this crash. This third-party news report covers a crash with the same date, place and number of deaths, matched automatically. It may not name TRANS-PHOS INC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?

  • Jul
    15
    2026
    Florida
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    6
    2026
    Florida
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Jul
    3
    2026
    Florida
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    29
    2026
    Florida
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Apr
    21
    2026
    Florida
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Mar
    18
    2026
    Florida
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Mar
    12
    2026
    Florida
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, dusk, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

About “In the news”: these links go to third-party news reports that FRED Score matched automatically to FMCSA crash records — same date and place, with a truck or bus involved, and the same number of deaths or, for a crash that released hazardous materials, the release — and checked a second time before showing. A link doesn't mean this motor carrier caused the crash: FMCSA crash reports don't assign fault, and news coverage can be incomplete or wrong. FRED Score doesn't verify or endorse what the articles say.

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Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA
on record since Apr 1, 2019 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Nov 2015
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 inactive (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 2, 2020)

Who insures fleets like this →

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Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Florida (HQ) 568

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).