Jones Excavating Company
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 55
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 13
- Annualized
- ≈7 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 19 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2024 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2018 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2017 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2009 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2006 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2003 | UT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 28, 2002 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2001 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 10, 2001 | UT | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2001 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2000 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 1998 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 1996 | UT | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 1995 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 1992 | UT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 14, 1992 | UT | 0 | 0 | No |
| Apr 7, 1992 | UT | 0 | 0 | No |
| Jan 7, 1992 | UT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 15, 1989 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |