APPLIANCE WAREHOUSE INC

DOT# 588938 MC# 376227 Pittsburgh, PA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(412) 381-8800 rose@appliancewarehouse.com 84 S 6th Street, Pittsburgh PA 15203
35 power units · all owned 25 drivers 974k mi/yr · ~28k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 63.4 / 100
Moderate confidence
31 yrs history · 32 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
35
Drivers · CDL
25 · 16
Annual miles
974k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 25 0 0 25
Trailers 350 0 0 350

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (04-26-2022) · 4 yr old
Registered
02-01-1995 (31 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-12-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ROSE KONIECZKA
Officer
REGIS ARMBRUSTER

Cargo

66.3
medium risk
Household Goods General Freight Other: USED APPLIANCES
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods

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 70% 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.

This motor carrier 0.90×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.9 vs 1.0 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.9
Similar fleets
1.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 14% below typical. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.28× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +5%.

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.

  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 no valid CDL, 1 hours of service (Jul 2025 – Sep 2025).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 16 of 53 violations (30%). Brake or light defects led to 2 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    42.1% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (8 of 19), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.12× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
32
34% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
42.1%
8 of 19
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
6.5%
2 of 31
National avg 6.7%
Violations
53
11 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Pennsylvania (about 35 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 3 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.014 0.029
Inspections 0.73 1.12
Violations 0.76 0.78
Critical violations 0.13 0.15

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

What they get cited for

53 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    40 · 9 OOS
    Brakes 16 · Lights 11 · Tires 6 · Wheels & hubs 1 · Other parts 6
  • Hours of service No alert
    6 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 3 · Over hours limit 2 · False log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 3 · Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 2 · 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
  • Aug
    3
    2025
    Pennsylvania
    Property damage only
    Daylight.

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)
$750,000 · THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT
on record since Dec 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 2000
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 Apr 7, 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
  • Pennsylvania (HQ) 14
  • Connecticut 5
  • Maryland 4
  • Ohio 3
  • New Jersey 2
  • Delaware 1
  • Kentucky 1
  • North Carolina 1

44% of inspections were in its home state.