Carrier profile · USDOT 1062576 · MC-437466 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HFC Inc of Sidney Iowa

DBA HFC

70 power unitsavg 2.5 yrNational · 34 statesGLENWOOD, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-437466 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkshfctransport.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 10.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 77 vehicle and 181 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 12.1 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

179 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 12

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 70-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
181
Annualized
≈91 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving67 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
13False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 7 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262102
20255015
20232012
20223013
20202012
20172022
20161001
20151011
20131101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 8, 2026OH10Yes
Dec 31, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 18, 2025WY00Yes
Oct 23, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 16, 2025CO01Yes
Mar 15, 2025WY00Yes
Nov 12, 2023NY01Yes
Jul 15, 2023IN00Yes
Sep 28, 2022NC07Yes
Jan 7, 2022CT00Yes
Jan 7, 2022CT00Yes
Dec 14, 2020PA00Yes
Apr 1, 2020NM01Yes
Nov 6, 2017OK01Yes
Aug 31, 2017PA01Yes
Mar 18, 2016MO00Yes
Mar 22, 2015NV02Yes
Jun 18, 2013OH10Yes