CALA JAZ TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 3297828 MC# 1256460 Houston, TX Authorized For-Hire
(832) 524-9526 howardcala057@gmail.com 7222 Bellerive Dr Apt # 1819, Houston TX 77036
1 tractors · all owned 1 drivers
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
7 yrs history · 17 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
1
Drivers · CDL
1 · 1
Annual miles
1 unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
06-11-2019 (7 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-16-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
HOWARD CALA FERNANDEZ

Cargo

54.1
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: PIPES AND LUMBER Construction
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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

17 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.27×–1.65×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.4

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-9 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (1 power unit).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.18× and out-of-service orders 1.70× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +15%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 hours of service (Jun 2025 – Jul 2025).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Unusual inspection rate
    Inspections per truck fall outside the normal range (1st–99th percentile), which can point to a mis-reported fleet size or data issues.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
17
35% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
42.9%
3 of 7
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
11.8%
2 of 17
National avg 6.7%
Violations
24
4 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 39,348 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.046
Inspections 10.00 1.94
Violations 12.00 1.82
Critical violations 2.50 0.34

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Owner-Operator power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

24 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    9 · 2 OOS
    Lights 5 · Brakes 1 · Cargo securement 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 3 · Seat belt 1 · Other 3
  • Hours of service No alert
    7 · 2 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 3 · No log 3 · Over hours limit 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    No valid CDL 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

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)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Last filing: ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ended Dec 19, 2025 (cancellation notice took effect).
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Dec 2024)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Dec 19, 2025, not replaced on FMCSA's record)
  • No liability filing on FMCSA's file since Dec 19, 2025 (10 days through May 14, 2026) while the authority required one
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority inactive (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Dec 29, 2025)

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
  • Texas (HQ) 6
  • Arkansas 2
  • Colorado 2
  • Louisiana 2
  • Nebraska 2
  • Alabama 1
  • Iowa 1
  • Indiana 1