Carrier profile · USDOT 210840 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Iowa Eps Products Inc

5 power unitsavg 15.5 yrRegional · 6 statesDES MOINES, IA77/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 33.3%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 — 3 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 2

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

14%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

7measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	1	0
2020	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2005	1	1	1	1
2003	1	0	0	1
2001	2	0	0	2
1999	2	0	1	2
1997	2	0	0	2
1994	1	0	0	1
1993	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 3, 2025	IA	0	0	Yes
Jun 21, 2021	IA	0	1	No
Jun 5, 2020	IA	0	1	Yes
Feb 19, 2016	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 21, 2015	IA	0	0	Yes
Mar 26, 2014	MN	0	1	Yes
Sep 12, 2013	NE	0	0	Yes
Apr 9, 2009	NE	0	0	Yes
Oct 31, 2008	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 8, 2005	IA	1	2	Yes
Nov 17, 2003	NE	0	0	Yes
Nov 3, 2001	IA	0	0	Yes
Oct 25, 2001	MN	0	0	Yes
Apr 23, 1999	IA	0	2	Yes
Feb 11, 1999	IA	0	0	Yes
Dec 4, 1997	IA	0	0	Yes
Apr 11, 1997	IA	0	0	Yes
May 1, 1994	IA	0	0	Yes
Jun 4, 1993	MN	0	1	Yes