Carrier profile · USDOT 1909311 · MC-854690 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Donegal Excavating Inc

DBA DONEGAL EXCAVATING

40 power unitsavg 6.9 yrRegional · 6 statesLEMONT, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-854690 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
Verified linksdonegalexcavating.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 80.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 14 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 18.8 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 40-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
40
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 21 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 2 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252011
20224024
20211001
20202012
20191001
20181001
20173003
20152022
20141001
20132012
20121001
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 5, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 26, 2025IL01No
Dec 22, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 10, 2022IN00Yes
Aug 25, 2022IL04Yes
Jun 2, 2022IL01Yes
Sep 11, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 5, 2020IL02Yes
Jan 13, 2020IL00Yes
Dec 20, 2019IL00Yes
Dec 31, 2018IL00Yes
Dec 14, 2017IL00Yes
Dec 13, 2017IL00Yes
Jul 20, 2017IL00Yes
Jul 31, 2015IL01Yes
Apr 20, 2015IL01Yes
Aug 23, 2014IL00Yes
Oct 22, 2013IL01Yes
Aug 5, 2013IL00Yes
Nov 14, 2012IL00Yes
Sep 2, 2010IL01Yes