Carrier profile · USDOT 324020 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KNIFE RIVER MIDWEST LLC

95 power unitsRegional · 3 statesSIOUX CITY, IA82/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT

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 12.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 19.6 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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 95-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: 95
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

78%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

23%

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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 30 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	1	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	3	0	0	3
2017	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2011	1	1	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2008	3	0	1	3
2007	2	1	2	2
2006	1	0	1	1
2005	2	0	1	2
2004	1	0	1	1
2003	2	0	2	0
2000	2	1	2	2
1996	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 1, 2024	IA	0	1	Yes
Jun 2, 2020	IA	0	0	Yes
Oct 19, 2018	NE	0	0	Yes
Oct 19, 2018	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 25, 2018	NE	0	0	Yes
Jun 21, 2017	NE	0	1	Yes
Jul 16, 2016	NE	0	1	Yes
Jun 29, 2011	SD	1	0	Yes
Jun 6, 2010	IA	0	0	Yes
Sep 3, 2008	NE	0	1	Yes
Jun 23, 2008	IA	0	0	Yes
Jun 19, 2008	IA	0	0	Yes
Nov 20, 2007	IA	0	1	Yes
Jul 16, 2007	IA	1	1	Yes
Aug 3, 2006	IA	0	1	Yes
Oct 19, 2005	IA	0	0	Yes
Jun 24, 2005	MN	0	1	Yes
Aug 6, 2004	MO	0	1	Yes
Jul 25, 2003	IA	0	2	No
May 14, 2003	IA	0	2	No
Oct 16, 2000	IA	1	1	Yes
May 12, 2000	IA	0	2	Yes
Aug 5, 1996	IA	0	1	Yes