Carrier profile · USDOT 263874 · MC-191805 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Hinz Trucking Inc

DBA HINZ TRUCKING

223 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 40 statesELM CREEK, NE88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-191805 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshinztrucking.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 16.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 270 vehicle and 566 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.1% · 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 9.6 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

562 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 38

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 223-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
223
Inspections · 24 mo
567
Annualized
≈284 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving172 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance48 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 30 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 8 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance18 · 18 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

100 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

63ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
3False logs
20Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 219 total · 31 in 24 mo

219
Total crashes
31
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
81
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
2025210520
2024120212
2023100410
20229138
2021122312
20205005
20191011
20182022
20179019
20162002
20156126
20147217
20139039
20121001
20118058
20103023
20099048
200810129
2007101110
20068038
20058038
20042002
20036045
20024032
20015034
20002012
19991011
19986016
19976056
19964044
19954044
19943013
19933033
19924022
19911010
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 7, 2026MO00Yes
May 6, 2026NE00Yes
Apr 7, 2026KS00Yes
Jan 31, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 22, 2026CO01Yes
Dec 29, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 3, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 30, 2025UT00Yes
Nov 21, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 13, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 29, 2025CO00Yes
Aug 22, 2025SC04Yes
Aug 18, 2025WI00Yes
Jul 7, 2025KS00Yes
Jul 1, 2025ID00Yes
Jun 26, 2025MN00Yes
Jun 17, 2025AL01No
Jun 9, 2025OR00Yes
Jun 7, 2025IA00Yes
May 20, 2025CO00Yes
Apr 16, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 8, 2025OH02Yes
Apr 6, 2025NE00Yes
Feb 14, 2025MO01Yes
Jan 21, 2025AL01Yes