Carrier profile · USDOT 1098597 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

Aspen Waste Systems of Minnesota Inc

DBA ASPEN WASTE SYSTEMS INC

186 power unitsavg 3.9 yrLocal · 2 statesMINNEAPOLIS, MN74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksaspenwaste.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 49 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

66.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 2.8 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 10

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 186-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
186
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
46%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving73 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 49 total · 9 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20255015
20244014
20231001
20225124
20211011
20192002
20182002
20173022
20162002
20151011
20143023
20131001
20121011
20113013
20101001
20073013
20063003
20052002
20043013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026MN00Yes
Apr 30, 2026MN00Yes
Jan 19, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 29, 2025MN01Yes
Dec 3, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 4, 2025MN00Yes
Jul 30, 2025MN00Yes
May 2, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 9, 2024MN00Yes
Jul 2, 2024IA01Yes
Jun 24, 2024IA00Yes
May 28, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 23, 2023IA00Yes
Nov 3, 2022MN10No
Jul 22, 2022MN02Yes
Apr 18, 2022IA00Yes
Jan 27, 2022MN00Yes
Jan 11, 2022MN01Yes
Jul 1, 2021MN01Yes
Dec 28, 2019MN00Yes
Apr 18, 2019MN00Yes
Apr 16, 2018MN00Yes
Feb 19, 2018MN00Yes
Nov 30, 2017MN00Yes
Aug 21, 2017MN03Yes