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Company CheckSQS INC · DOT 572469

DBA: ERG ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

13040 MERRIMAN, LIVONIA, MI, 48150

DOT# 572469 MC# 829830 Livonia, Michigan 13 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$9,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Oct 29, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Sep 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jul 23, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 2, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 2

Current
Active insurance on file through NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA. ($5,000).
Aug 1, 2026
Insurance on file through NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA. ($5,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address13040 MERRIMAN, LIVONIA, MI, 48150

Mailing Address13040 MERRIMAN SUITE 200, LIVONIA, MI, 48150

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC829830

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating13 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Hazardous Materials

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 .33 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.66 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage600,420 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceEstimated

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS18.2% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review10/18/2023

Insurance

Amount$9,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/10/2026

CompanyNATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA

Policy #022716579

Last checked10/28/2026

Active Policies1

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet17 units

Drivers15

Mileage600,420 mi

Operating13 years

MCS-15008/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total11

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total11

Out of Service2

OOS Rate18.2%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total10

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 10/18/2023 | Rated: 03/17/2020

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

2023

3 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 0 OOS =

2025

10 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

3 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 Sep 2026, 13 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (15.4% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

10 roadside violations across 13 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

Vehicle Maintenance 6 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Hazardous Materials 2 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 (19)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/16/2026	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MI	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2026	MI	Full (Level I)	MI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/16/2026	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LONDON	3	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	KNOXVILLE TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/27/2025	MI	Full (Level I)	MACKINAC BRIDGE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/02/2025	US	Full (Level I)	LASSALE MI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2025	MI	Full (Level I)	SWARTZ CREEK REST AREA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2025	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	FOWLERVILLE SCALE E/B	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2025	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	S/B I75@ 4 MILE REST AREA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/03/2025	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRASS LAKE SCALE W/B	1	0	1	0	0	1	▲Detail
07/01/2025	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	US31@JOHNSON RD	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	YOUNGSTOWN OH	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	YOUNGSTOWN OH	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
02/09/2024	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROAD	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2024	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROAD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2024	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	FWY SHOULDER	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/19/2023	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-96 & TELEGRAPH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/28/2023	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRASS LAKE SCALE E/B	1	0	0	1	0	1	▲Detail
11/08/2023	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	22 1/2 MILE RD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections13

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Excess	XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	UEC0036278	$4,000,000	12/13/2013	12/13/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA.	012938639	$5,000,000	08/01/2026	-	-
91X	BIPD/Excess	GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY	UEC003627801	$4,000,000	02/20/2013	12/13/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY	UEC003627801	$4,000,000	02/20/2013	11/29/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY	AEC003627701	$1,000,000	02/20/2013	12/13/2023	Replaced

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA.	012938639	$5,000,000	08/01/2026

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC829830	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	06/21/2013	-	-

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90/100

Excellent

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 90

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

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.

SQS INC

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Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (19)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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