CASELLA CONSTRUCTION INC

DOT# 472791 MC# 966576 DUNS# 7900996 Pittsford, VT Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(802) 773-0052 mcs150@casellainc.com 1385 Us Route 7, Pittsford VT 05763
89 power units 90 drivers 3.4M mi/yr · ~38k per unit
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 86.3 / 100
Moderate confidence
34 yrs history · 135 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
89
Drivers · CDL
90 · 89
Annual miles
3.4M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 28 0 0 28
Tractors 55 6 0 61
Trailers 59 0 0 59

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Intrastate HM
Scope
Intrastate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
03-03-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-22-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DOUGLAS R. CASELLA

Cargo

66.0
medium risk
Household Goods Motor Vehicles Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Building Materials Fresh Produce Dry Bulk Paper Products Utility Construction Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large, General Freight, Household Goods, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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.

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: interstate 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 0.64×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.7 vs 2.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.7
Similar fleets
2.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 1 fatal crash (1 death) on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 2.6 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 14% below typical. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.24×, violations 0.33× and out-of-service orders 0.48× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -26%.

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 crash
    1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Dec 13, 2025).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Nov 2024).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and tires
    Brakes are 16 of 44 violations (36%). Brake or tire defects led to 10 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.7% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 77% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
1 fatality · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
135
77% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
10 of 60
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.7%
1 of 135
National avg 6.7%
Violations
44
12 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in Vermont (about 132 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 17 inspections, 2 out of service 17 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 29 inspections, 0 out of service 29 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 19 inspections, 2 out of service 19 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 13 inspections, 4 out of service 13 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 20 inspections, 2 out of service 20 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 14 inspections, 1 out of service 14 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 9 inspections, 0 out of service 9 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 4,136 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.011 0.026
Inspections 1.11 0.97
Violations 0.25 0.57
Critical violations 0.07 0.12

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

What they get cited for

44 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    37 · 11 OOS
    Brakes 16 · Tires 7 · Lights 6 · Cargo securement 2 · Steering & suspension 1 · 5 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 4 · Reckless / lane 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    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
  • Dec
    13
    2025
    Vermont
    Fatal · 1 death
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
    In the news
    1 killed in tractor-trailer crash in Rutland County
    NEWS10 (ABC) · Dec 13, 2025

    Why this link: FMCSA crash report VT000285824F (VSP - B4 Rutland) lists CASELLA CONSTRUCTION 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 CASELLA CONSTRUCTION INC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?

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.

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)
$1,000,000 · THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.
on record since Jul 1, 2018 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 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 active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Sep 16, 2016)

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 82
  • Vermont (HQ) 46
  • New Hampshire 4
  • Massachusetts 2
  • California 1

34% of inspections were in its home state.