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Athens Paper Company Inc — compliance record

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Vetting summary

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Inspections

118 on file

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Out-of-service

Within normal range vs national averages

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Email identity

Company domain, matches website

Federal identity

Registration snapshot

Legal name

Athens Paper Company Inc

DBA

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Entity type

Carrier

Physical address

1898 Elm Tree Dr, Nashville, TN 37210-3727

Phone

(615) 889-7900

Power units

59

Drivers

72

First on record

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Last MCS-150 filing

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Hazmat flag

No

Operating authority

Dockets & filings

No L&I dockets on file for this DOT number.

Out-of-service rates

Driver OOS

2.5%

National average ≈ 5.9% · 118 inspections on record

Vehicle OOS

6.8%

National average ≈ 20.9% · 118 inspections on record

Email & web forensics

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On-file email

sloomis@athenspaper.com — company domain

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Domain age

athenspaper.com registered 1998-04-03 (28 years)

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Mail host

Microsoft 365

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Domain match

Email domain matches the company website

From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.

Crash record — last 24 months

5

Reportable crashes

5

Tow-aways

2

With injuries

0

With fatalities

Most recent: KY 01/2026 · MO 12/2025 · SC 10/2025 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.

Safety record

Inspection history

2026: 272025: 372024: 352023: 19
Level III — Driver-only: 56Level I — Full: 38Level II — Walk-around: 24
DateStateLevel
Aug 13, 2026MSLevel I — Full
Aug 12, 2026ALLevel III — Driver-only
Aug 10, 2026KYLevel III — Driver-only
Aug 5, 2026ALLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 13, 2026MSLevel I — Full
Jul 10, 2026ALLevel III — Driver-only
Jul 10, 2026KYLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 16, 2026KYLevel III — Driver-only
Jun 5, 2026TNLevel III — Driver-only
May 28, 2026ARLevel I — Full
May 14, 2026GALevel III — Driver-only
May 8, 2026MSLevel III — Driver-only
May 6, 2026KYLevel I — Full
May 4, 2026MSLevel III — Driver-only
Apr 23, 2026TNLevel III — Driver-only
Apr 16, 2026GALevel II — Walk-around
Apr 13, 2026TNLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 30, 2026MSLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 30, 2026KYLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 16, 2026SCLevel III — Driver-only
Feb 27, 2026MSLevel III — Driver-only
Feb 19, 2026TNLevel III — Driver-only
Feb 10, 2026KYLevel I — Full
Feb 4, 2026TNLevel I — Full
Jan 21, 2026KYLevel III — Driver-only
Jan 12, 2026MSLevel I — Full
Jan 5, 2026TNLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 30, 2025GALevel III — Driver-only
Dec 24, 2025NCLevel I — Full
Dec 18, 2025TNLevel III — Driver-only
Dec 17, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Dec 8, 2025MSLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 1, 2025MSLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 20, 2025GALevel III — Driver-only
Nov 3, 2025NCLevel I — Full
Oct 16, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Oct 13, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Oct 9, 2025NCLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 18, 2025SCLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 17, 2025GALevel III — Driver-only
Sep 15, 2025MSLevel I — Full
Sep 11, 2025KYLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 26, 2025MSLevel I — Full
Jul 23, 2025ILLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 25, 2025GALevel III — Driver-only
Jun 11, 2025INLevel I — Full
Jun 9, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Jun 6, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
Jun 2, 2025SCLevel III — Driver-only
May 29, 2025ARLevel I — Full
May 2, 2025NCLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 28, 2025ALLevel III — Driver-only
Apr 1, 2025TNLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 14, 2025KYLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 12, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Mar 10, 2025MSLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 7, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
Feb 6, 2025TNLevel I — Full
Feb 3, 2025NCLevel III — Driver-only
Jan 24, 2025GALevel III — Driver-only
Jan 21, 2025NCLevel III — Driver-only
Jan 14, 2025TNLevel I — Full
Jan 9, 2025SCLevel I — Full
Jan 3, 2025TNLevel I — Full
Dec 19, 2024ALLevel III — Driver-only
Nov 11, 2024MOLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 11, 2024KYLevel III — Driver-only
Nov 6, 2024NCLevel I — Full
Oct 15, 2024TNLevel I — Full
Oct 10, 2024MSLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 9, 2024NCLevel III — Driver-only
Oct 4, 2024NCLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 12, 2024NCLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 10, 2024LALevel III — Driver-only
Sep 10, 2024TNLevel I — Full
Aug 23, 2024TNLevel I — Full
Aug 12, 2024LALevel III — Driver-only
Aug 12, 2024MSLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 8, 2024MOLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 7, 2024GALevel III — Driver-only
Aug 1, 2024LALevel III — Driver-only
Jul 31, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 30, 2024ALLevel III — Driver-only
Jul 29, 2024SCLevel III — Driver-only
Jul 2, 2024TNLevel I — Full
Jun 17, 2024MSLevel II — Walk-around
May 16, 2024NCLevel I — Full
Apr 19, 2024KYLevel I — Full
Apr 18, 2024INLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 15, 2024ARLevel I — Full
Apr 5, 2024TNLevel I — Full
Apr 1, 2024NCLevel I — Full
Apr 1, 2024GALevel I — Full
Mar 29, 2024ALLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 25, 2024ALLevel III — Driver-only
Feb 28, 2024NCLevel III — Driver-only
Feb 13, 2024TNLevel I — Full
Feb 5, 2024ALLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 2, 2024MSLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 21, 2023ALLevel III — Driver-only

Most recent 100 of 118 inspections on file.

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Record changes

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