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FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Massachusetts

Hazardous Materials Compliance in Massachusetts

Packaging, placarding and handling of hazardous materials. Massachusetts carries 153 violations in this category, out of 42,552 recorded nationally, which places it 41 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.004 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here. Nationally, a violation in this category carries an average severity weight of 4.5.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

Other categories recorded in Massachusetts

Hazardous Materials Compliance across every jurisdiction → Every category in Massachusetts →

Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.

Counts from FMCSA SMS input files on data.transportation.gov: kjg3-diqy (Motor Carrier Census, 2,122,441 rows), rbkj-cgst (Inspection, 5,834,148), 8mt8-2mdr (Violation, 6,808,260), 4wxs-vbns (Crash, 255,582), p2mt-9ige (Out of Service Orders, 399,600); SoQL aggregates fetched 2026-09-16. The rank is taken over the jurisdictions this desk publishes, and the national figure beside it is the register’s own total for the category.

What this page shows

The page prints the FMCSA Safety Measurement System register for Massachusetts Hazardous Materials Compliance, covering packaging, placarding and handling of hazardous materials. It lists 153 violations, 38,110 registered carriers in the state and 960 state inspections, with the state's 153 violations out of 42,552 recorded nationally placing it 41 of 51 jurisdictions. The page also lists Massachusetts carriers by fleet size, from 19,218 at 1 power unit to 75 at 1,000 or more power units, and other categories recorded in Massachusetts including Controlled Substances/Alcohol in MA 325, Crash Indicator in MA 3,025, Driver Fitness in MA 8,868, Hours-of-Service Compliance in MA 4,967, Unsafe Driving in MA 16,399 and Vehicle Maintenance in MA 27,639.