Carrier profile · USDOT 398671 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MIDLANDS CONTRACTING INC

59 power unitsavg 8.5 yrLocal · 2 statesKEARNEY, NE74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 16.7 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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 59-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: 59
Inspections · 24 mo: 10
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

12%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

89%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

64%

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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
177.801 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2023	1	1	1
2022	1	0	1
2016	2	2	2
2015	1	1	1
2007	1	1	1
2003	1	0	1
1995	1	0	1
1994	2	0	2

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 2, 2023	NE	1	Yes
Jan 10, 2022	NE	0	Yes
Nov 3, 2016	NE	1	Yes
Apr 8, 2016	NE	3	Yes
Mar 10, 2015	NE	1	Yes
Mar 27, 2007	NE	1	Yes
Nov 10, 2003	KS	0	Yes
Aug 30, 1995	NE	0	Yes
Feb 15, 1994	NE	0	Yes
Feb 15, 1994	NE	0	Yes