LA BARRIER & SON INC

DOT# 258355 MC# 341502 DUNS# 36259281 Lexington, SC Authorized For-Hire
(803) 356-4119 lisatyson@labarrier.com 115 Barrier Lane, Lexington SC 29073
95 power units · all owned 95 drivers 4.4M mi/yr · ~46k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
41 yrs history · 347 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
95
Drivers · CDL
95 · 83
Annual miles
4.4M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 84 0 0 84
Tractors 11 0 0 11
Trailers 26 0 0 26

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (02-12-2007) · 19 yr old
Registered
04-26-1985 (41 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-04-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
LISA S. TYSON
Officer
LEIGH T. PROVOST

Cargo

62.7
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Building Materials Other: SAND & GRAVEL Construction
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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.75× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

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

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 50–99 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 0.75×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
3.7 vs 4.9 for similar fleets
Likely 1–7 crashes
This motor carrier
3.7
Similar fleets
4.9
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~9%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 6 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 3 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 4.9 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 11% below typical. The grade counts 11 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.36×, violations 0.65× and out-of-service orders 0.72× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -16%. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 medical certificate (Apr 2025 – May 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Cargo securement and tires
    Cargo securement are 18 of 83 violations (22%). Cargo securement or tire defects led to 29 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    40.8% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (29 of 71), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 0.72× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.6% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 80% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 11
  • High speeding: 7

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
6
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
347
80% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.8%
29 of 71
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.6%
2 of 347
National avg 6.7%
Violations
83
35 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 31 inspections, 6 out of service 31 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 34 inspections, 8 out of service 34 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 55 inspections, 6 out of service 55 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 44 inspections, 2 out of service 44 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 42 inspections, 5 out of service 42 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 43 inspections, 1 out of service 43 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 40 inspections, 1 out of service 40 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 56 inspections, 2 out of service 56 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 2 inspections.
vs 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.032 0.025
Inspections 2.67 0.91
Violations 0.44 0.53
Critical violations 0.18 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

83 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    54 · 33 OOS
    Cargo securement 18 · Tires 15 · Brakes 13 · Lights 3 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 4 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    26 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 11 · Speeding 8 · Seat belt 3 · Phone use 1 · Other 3
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    Medical certificate 2 · No valid CDL 1
  • 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
    26
    2026
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    13
    2026
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Jul
    16
    2025
    South Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    2
    2025
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Oct
    31
    2024
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.
  • Oct
    9
    2024
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
on record since Jun 30, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1997
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Oct 21, 1998)

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
  • South Carolina (HQ) 343
  • North Carolina 4

Mostly inspected in its home state (99%).