Carrier profile · USDOT 617251 · MC-295722 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BAUMGARTNER & SONS INC

9 power unitsavg 9.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesLINTON, ND94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-295722 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 18.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.5 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 4

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

30%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 21, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20211001
20181011
20161001
20151001
20142002
20131001
20111010
20071001
20061010
20052012
20043003
20031001
20021001
20001011
19981010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 17, 2025ND00Yes
Nov 4, 2023MS00Yes
Dec 1, 2021MO00Yes
Apr 30, 2018IL01Yes
Apr 22, 2016IN00Yes
Jan 20, 2015MN00Yes
Mar 7, 2014IL00Yes
Jan 2, 2014MN00Yes
Oct 26, 2013WI00Yes
Mar 11, 2011ND04No
Mar 1, 2007MN00Yes
May 18, 2006WI01No
Sep 19, 2005ND03Yes
Apr 20, 2005ND00Yes
Dec 2, 2004WI00Yes
Aug 11, 2004MN00Yes
Jan 17, 2004WI00Yes
Mar 8, 2003WI00Yes
Oct 26, 2002WI00Yes
Dec 11, 2000WI01Yes
Jul 29, 1998MI01No