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21095 E LONGWOOD DR, QUEEN CREEK, AZ, 85142

DOT# 4336634 MC# 1693864 Queen Creek, Arizona 1 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

8 events tracked · latest Jun 29, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Jun 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Apr 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Apr 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).
Apr 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 11, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 14, 2025
GRANTED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Dec 18, 2024
Registered with FMCSA.

Insurance 1

Sep 26, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address21095 E LONGWOOD DR, QUEEN CREEK, AZ, 85142

Mailing Address21095 E LONGWOOD DR, QUEEN CREEK, AZ, 85142

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1693864

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating1 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 4.24 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 5.78 · 16 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .97 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 7.44 · 13 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS52.4% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS40.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective11/25/2025

CompanyNATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY

Policy #70TRS135047

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage1 mi

Operating1 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total21

Out of Service11

OOS Rate52.4%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total15

Out of Service6

OOS Rate40.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2025

17 · 10 OOS -

2026

5 · 3 OOS ▼

Crashes

2025

1 crash -

2026

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jun 2026, 22 inspections, 13 resulted in out-of-service (59.1% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 13 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
07/11/2025	.31 W QUINTON	OR	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

109 roadside violations across 22 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 52 violations · 10 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 28 violations · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 23 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 3 OOS

Other (General) 3 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (22)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/29/2026	IL	Full (Level I)	T09	3	2	0	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/14/2026	TN	Full (Level I)	STANTON TN	6	2	1	1	5	1	-	▲Detail
04/09/2026	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-CHICOPEE	6	0	6	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2026	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-SEEKONK	19	1	17	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLE ELUM WA	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/29/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	STANTON TN	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/19/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-76 E MM 284.3 PENNSYLVANIA T	9	0	8	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57	3	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	MALTA MT	3	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/21/2025	UT	Full (Level I)	MONTICELLO UT	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/03/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	TACOMA WA	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/30/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN ONOFRE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH 10 MP 403	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/04/2025	NV	Full (Level I)	IR15/MM19	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/26/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SEVIERVILLE TN	12	1	12	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2025	IA	Full (Level I)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	4	0	3	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/10/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	SELIGMAN AZ	9	2	0	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/16/2025	AK	Full (Level I)	TOK AK	2	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2025	OR	Full (Level I)	WOODBURN OR	5	2	0	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
02/10/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CLE ELUM WA	8	3	0	1	0	2	-	▲Detail
01/30/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/24/2025	OK	Full (Level I)	I-35 N/B AND MM112	4	2	2	2	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections22

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 16 viols

Driver Fitness 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 13 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY	9300101722	$750,000	01/09/2025	09/26/2025	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1693864	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/14/2025	-	-

No revocation records.

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78/100

Good

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 78

Starts at 100−22 totalFinal 78

Limited operating history (1-3 years)−6

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−6

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-6

Limited operating history (1-3 years)

Authority granted about 1 year(s) ago.

-6

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 3 vehicles (~0.33 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 52.381% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 40% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−6 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 3 vehicles (~0.33 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 52.381% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 40% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

BALL & CHAIN HOT SHOT SERVICES LLC

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (22)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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