WASTE STREAM INC

DBA: CASELLA WASTE SERVICE

DOT# 54438 DUNS# 13060462 Potsdam, NY Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(802) 779-7574 eric.earley@casella.com 472 West Parishville Road, Potsdam NY 13676
45 power units 28 drivers
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 80.4 / 100
Low confidence
52 yrs history · 38 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
45
Drivers · CDL
28 · 28
Annual miles
1M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 32 5 0 37
Tractors 8 0 0 8
Trailers 18 0 0 18

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (06-12-1998) · 28 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-01-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ERIC EARLEY
Officer
DAN TILDEN

Cargo

31.4
low risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Other: WASTE PRODUCTS Garbage/Refuse

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

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).

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 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 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.70×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.8 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.8
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.8 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 3% below typical. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Violations 0.20×, out-of-service orders 0.31× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.37× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -28%.

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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 6.9% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Dec 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
38
79% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
6.9%
2 of 29
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 38
National avg 6.7%
Violations
10
2 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in New York (about 45 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 489 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.011 0.023
Inspections 0.68 0.64
Violations 0.11 0.31
Critical violations 0.00 0.06

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, low-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

10 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 2 OOS
    Lights 4 · Brakes 2 · Cargo securement 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Medical certificate 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

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

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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 (HQ) 38

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).