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Western International Gas & Cylinders Inc — compliance record

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Vetting summary

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Inspections

368 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

Western International Gas & Cylinders Inc

DBA

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Entity type

Carrier

Physical address

7173 Hwy 159 E, Bellville, TX 77418

Phone

(979) 413-2100

Power units

86

Drivers

81

First on record

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Last MCS-150 filing

—

Hazmat flag

No

Operating authority

Dockets & filings

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

Out-of-service rates

Driver OOS

0.8%

National average ≈ 5.9% · 368 inspections on record

Vehicle OOS

3.8%

National average ≈ 20.9% · 368 inspections on record

Email & web forensics

✓

On-file email

garakelian@mathesongas.com — company domain

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Domain age

mathesongas.com registered 1996-02-02 (30 years)

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Mail host

Enterprise (Proofpoint)

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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

4

Reportable crashes

4

Tow-aways

1

With injuries

0

With fatalities

Most recent: NC 09/2025 · TX 05/2025 · IL 11/2024 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.

Safety record

Inspection history

2026: 812025: 1182024: 1072023: 62
Level II — Walk-around: 213Level I — Full: 140Level III — Driver-only: 15
DateStateLevel
Jul 3, 2026MALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 30, 2026NMLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 29, 2026TNLevel I — Full
Jun 26, 2026NCLevel III — Driver-only
Jun 25, 2026OKLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 24, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Jun 24, 2026OKLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 23, 2026OKLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 10, 2026NYLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 10, 2026NYLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 9, 2026LALevel II — Walk-around
Jun 9, 2026MSLevel I — Full
Jun 3, 2026NYLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 2, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 2, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 29, 2026FLLevel II — Walk-around
May 25, 2026GALevel II — Walk-around
May 19, 2026NMLevel II — Walk-around
May 19, 2026PALevel III — Driver-only
May 14, 2026TXLevel I — Full
May 14, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 13, 2026TXLevel I — Full
May 13, 2026GALevel II — Walk-around
May 13, 2026TXLevel I — Full
May 13, 2026MSLevel I — Full
May 12, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 8, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
May 6, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Apr 23, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Apr 21, 2026MSLevel I — Full
Apr 21, 2026NMLevel I — Full
Apr 20, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 20, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 19, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 14, 2026NMLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 8, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 8, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 26, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 26, 2026FLLevel I — Full
Mar 26, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 25, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 25, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 25, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Mar 20, 2026COLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 19, 2026TNLevel I — Full
Mar 2, 2026FLLevel I — Full
Feb 27, 2026CALevel I — Full
Feb 27, 2026CALevel I — Full
Feb 26, 2026MALevel II — Walk-around
Feb 25, 2026VALevel II — Walk-around
Feb 23, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 20, 2026TNLevel I — Full
Feb 17, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Feb 16, 2026MSLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 13, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Feb 12, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 11, 2026NMLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 10, 2026ALLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 10, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 9, 2026ALLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 9, 2026ALLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 6, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 6, 2026NYLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 4, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 4, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Feb 2, 2026NMLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 2, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Jan 28, 2026FLLevel I — Full
Jan 27, 2026FLLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 21, 2026TNLevel I — Full
Jan 20, 2026CTLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 16, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 13, 2026TNLevel I — Full
Jan 9, 2026NJLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 9, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Jan 8, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Jan 7, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 7, 2026TXLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 6, 2026NMLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 5, 2026TXLevel I — Full
Jan 5, 2026MOLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 31, 2025NMLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 29, 2025TNLevel I — Full
Dec 29, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 17, 2025NMLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 16, 2025LALevel II — Walk-around
Dec 11, 2025TXLevel I — Full
Dec 10, 2025LALevel II — Walk-around
Dec 10, 2025TNLevel I — Full
Dec 10, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 10, 2025TXLevel I — Full
Dec 8, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 2, 2025TNLevel I — Full
Dec 1, 2025NJLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 27, 2025NMLevel I — Full
Nov 26, 2025TXLevel I — Full
Nov 24, 2025USLevel I — Full
Nov 18, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 17, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 12, 2025TXLevel II — Walk-around

Most recent 100 of 368 inspections on file.

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Record changes

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