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Company CheckPALLETS ASSOCIATES INC · DOT 762550

DBA: SABINE WAREHOUSE & TRANSPORTATION

2400 SORREL AVENUE, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70802

DOT# 762550 MC# 343498 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 27 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Jun 25, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Mar 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 11, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 6, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
May 9, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 10, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

Phone(225) 343-3443

Fax(225) 344-8599

Email[email protected]

Physical Address2400 SORREL AVENUE, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70802

Mailing Address2400 SORREL AVENUE, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70802

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC343498

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 years

Company Overview

PALLETS ASSOCIATES INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The company has been in operation for 27 years, registered with the FMCSA on 07/31/1998. The fleet consists of 32 power units and 32 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 750,000 miles (2022). 3 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 2 inspections are on file. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, PALLETS ASSOCIATES INC has a Trust Score of 98/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage750,000 miles

Mileage Year2022

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

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)3

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

Last Review10/05/1999

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

CompanyZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #TRK3888613

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet32 units

Drivers32

Mileage750,000 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Last FMCSA Review: 10/05/1999 | Rated: 10/18/1999

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

1 · 0 OOS —

2024

0 · 0 OOS =

2025

1 · 0 OOS =

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash —

2024

2 crashes ▲

2025

1 crash ▼

2026

1 crash =

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 Mar 2026 — 2 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean — no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (5)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
03/11/2026	BATON ROUGE	LA	0	1	2	Clear	Wet	Dusk
10/06/2025	BATON ROUGE	LA	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/10/2024	BATON ROUGE	LA	2	0	2	Clear	Wet	Daylight
11/01/2024	BATON ROUGE	LA	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
11/14/2023	BATON ROUGE	LA	1	1	2	Clear	Wet	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

1 roadside violations across 2 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 1 violation · 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 (3)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
03/20/2026 ▼	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BATON ROUGE LA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 396.17C-PI — CFR 396.17C-PI Non-OOS
05/09/2025	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BATON ROUGE LA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
08/01/2023	TX	Driver-Only (Level III)	SH 73 RAINBOW BRIDGE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91	BIPD	THE RELIANCE INSURANCE CO.	QB 8579522	$0	09/23/1998	11/14/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK3888613	$1,000,000	09/01/2008	09/01/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK3888613	$1,000,000	09/01/2008	10/04/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK3888613	$750,000	09/01/2007	09/01/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK3888613	$2,000,000	09/01/2005	09/01/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	D189A00123	$1,000,000	09/01/2003	09/01/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT-660-337K3243-TIL-00	$0	07/01/2000	08/16/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF LOUISIANA	ACV899837	$1,000,000	07/01/1998	09/23/1998	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC343498	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/19/2003	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/29/2003
MC343498	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/25/1998	-	-
MC343498	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/05/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/29/2005

No revocation records.

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98/100

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 98

Starts at 100−2 totalFinal 98

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−2

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/16/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 32 vehicles (~0.09 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 32 vehicles (~0.09 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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) knockout	−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.

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (3)

Licensing & Insurance

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