Knife River Corporation - Mountain West
DBA KNIFE RIVER
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
19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 5
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
- 366
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 20
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 36 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 18 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2026 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 11, 2026 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2026 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2025 | ID | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 4, 2025 | ID | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2024 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2024 | ID | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 4, 2023 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2022 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2021 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2021 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2021 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2021 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2020 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2019 | ID | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2019 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 30, 2018 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |