Minn-dak Farmers Cooperative
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
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 5
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
- 24
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 17
- Annualized
- ≈9 / 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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 177.816 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 172.606 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 22 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 27 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2025 | ND | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2025 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2024 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2023 | ND | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2019 | ND | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2016 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2014 | ND | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2012 | ND | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2011 | MN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2010 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2009 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2009 | ND | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2008 | MN | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2005 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2005 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2005 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2004 | ND | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2004 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2004 | MN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2002 | MN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2001 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 2001 | ND | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 30, 1999 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 1999 | MN | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 8, 1999 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |