Mahaska Bottling Company
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
53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 8
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
- 63
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 55
- Annualized
- ≈28 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Nov 11, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 22 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2026 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2025 | IA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2025 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2022 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2021 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2018 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2016 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2014 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2012 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2011 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2007 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2005 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2005 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2005 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 3, 2004 | KS | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2002 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2001 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2000 | IA | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 1999 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 1999 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 12, 1998 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |