Carrier profile · USDOT 769479 · MC-857201 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

K & E EXCAVATING INC

100 power unitsavg 9.5 yrRegional · 3 statesSALEM, OR94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-857201 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 15.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 3.9 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 100-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
100
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Crash history· 33 total · 5 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253023
20243003
20233012
20222002
20213003
20201001
20195005
20181011
20172012
20161001
20151001
20143013
20111001
20101001
20071001
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026OR00Yes
Nov 13, 2025OR01Yes
Oct 24, 2025OR01Yes
Jun 2, 2025OR00Yes
Oct 1, 2024OR00Yes
Jul 2, 2024OR00Yes
Mar 11, 2024OR00Yes
Sep 26, 2023OR01No
Sep 6, 2023OR00Yes
Apr 21, 2023OR00Yes
Nov 18, 2022OR00Yes
Nov 7, 2022OR00Yes
Nov 30, 2021OR00Yes
Aug 4, 2021OR00Yes
Apr 13, 2021OR00Yes
Jun 23, 2020OR00Yes
Oct 9, 2019OR00Yes
Sep 27, 2019OR00Yes
Aug 26, 2019OR00Yes
Jun 22, 2019OR00Yes
Jan 24, 2019OR00Yes
Apr 9, 2018OR01Yes
Aug 22, 2017OR02Yes
Jun 20, 2017OR00Yes
Jul 29, 2016OR00Yes