Carrier profile · USDOT 298080 · MC-82002 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Midwest Hardwood Company LLC

54 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 8 statesMAPLE GROVE, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-82002 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksmidwesthardwood.comFMCSA SAFER

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 26.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 16.5 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 54-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
54
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
19%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 12, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 31 total · 6 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20251001
20245005
20231001
20213003
20191011
20173013
20162112
20152012
20143013
20061011
20042002
20031011
19991011
19981001
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 23, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 17, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 11, 2026WI00Yes
Feb 14, 2025WI00Yes
Oct 16, 2024SD00Yes
Oct 14, 2024WI00Yes
Aug 12, 2024WI00Yes
May 10, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 11, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 11, 2023MN00Yes
Dec 23, 2021WI00Yes
Oct 15, 2021WI00Yes
Apr 13, 2021IA00Yes
Sep 10, 2019MN01Yes
Dec 5, 2017MN00Yes
Sep 18, 2017MN00Yes
Jan 10, 2017WI01Yes
Nov 16, 2016WI00Yes
Apr 21, 2016IL12Yes
May 29, 2015MN00Yes
Apr 30, 2015MO03Yes
Oct 20, 2014IL00Yes
May 7, 2014IA01Yes
Jan 7, 2014MN00Yes
Jun 28, 2006MN01Yes