Carrier profile · USDOT 1228012 · MC-494237 · Updated Aug 4, 2026

Kat Excavation & Construction Inc

22 power unitsavg 6.4 yrLocal · 2 statesSOUR LAKE, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-494237 ACTIVE
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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 11.5%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 — 26 vehicle and 28 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 25.2 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 22-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
28
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 37 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 32 total · 3 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20233013
20221001
20212002
20203012
20183112
20171011
20163012
20142012
20121011
20111011
20102022
20073013
20063023
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 7, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 16, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2025TX02Yes
Apr 18, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 6, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 3, 2023TX01Yes
May 24, 2022LA00Yes
Oct 21, 2021TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 1, 2020LA00Yes
Jul 17, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 26, 2020TX01No
Dec 20, 2018TX01Yes
Apr 27, 2018TX10No
Mar 3, 2018TX00Yes
Feb 12, 2017TX02Yes
Oct 24, 2016TX00Yes
Oct 3, 2016LA00Yes
Mar 31, 2016TX01No
Jan 23, 2014TX01Yes
Jan 15, 2014TX00Yes
Oct 1, 2012TX01Yes
Mar 25, 2011TX01Yes
Apr 6, 2010TX01Yes
Jan 12, 2010TX01Yes