MARATHON ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

DOT# 761893 Irondale, AL Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(205) 323-8500 cegraves@marathonelectrical.com 2830 Commerce Blvd, Irondale AL 35210
4 power units · all owned 9 drivers 333k mi/yr · ~83k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 66.3 / 100
Low confidence
28 yrs history · 22 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

Checking FMCSA…

Fleet & equipment

Power units
4
Drivers · CDL
9 · 9
Annual miles
333k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 2 0 0 2
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 6 0 0 6

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
07-29-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-03-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
BRUCE TAYLOR
Officer
CHRIS MCGREGOR

Cargo

54.7
medium risk
General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials 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.

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 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.

This motor carrier 0.86×
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
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.31×, out-of-service orders 0.46× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.77× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -17%. 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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Sep 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 5.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 4.5% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
22
68% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
5.0%
1 of 20
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.5%
1 of 22
National avg 6.7%
Violations
12
2 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Alabama (about 5 in 24 months would be typical; 34% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 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: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 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 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.125 0.043
Inspections 3.50 1.57
Violations 1.50 1.56
Critical violations 0.00 0.29

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

12 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 1 OOS
    Cargo securement 2 · Lights 2 · Other parts 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 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

Tap a category to show or hide it
No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Sep
    9
    2025
    Alabama
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

Today · live FMCSA check
Checking FMCSA…

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

Loading map data…
Inspections by state
  • Alabama (HQ) 12
  • Mississippi 5
  • Tennessee 2
  • Florida 1
  • Georgia 1
  • Federal inspectors 1

55% of inspections were in its home state.