Carrier profile · USDOT 381162 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kova Fertilizer Inc

45 power unitsLocal · 2 statesGREENSBURG, IN88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 16.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 14.3 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

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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 45-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: 45
Inspections · 24 mo: 7
Annualized: ≈4 / 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

19%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

61%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
107.620 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 11 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	1
2022	1	1	1
2021	3	1	3
2019	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2007	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2
1998	1	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
May 26, 2023	IN	0	Yes
Oct 28, 2022	IN	6	Yes
Jun 15, 2021	IN	0	Yes
Jun 15, 2021	IN	0	Yes
Feb 23, 2021	OH	1	Yes
Jul 5, 2019	IN	0	Yes
Sep 19, 2013	OH	0	Yes
Jun 10, 2011	OH	0	Yes
May 22, 2011	IN	0	Yes
May 22, 2007	IN	0	Yes
Apr 8, 2005	IN	0	Yes
Jun 7, 2003	IN	0	Yes
May 29, 2003	IN	0	Yes
Aug 10, 1998	IN	0	Yes