Carrier profile · USDOT 561380 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MORGAN ASPHALT

DBA KNIFE RIVER

69 power unitsavg 5 yrLocal · 1 statesMAGNA, UT80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkskniferiver.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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 25.0 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 8

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 69-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
69
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 36 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 28 total · 1 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241010
20232012
20193030
20184004
20172012
20162002
20151001
20131001
20121001
20112002
20082012
20071011
20061001
20052002
20041001
20021001
19961010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 21, 2024UT01No
Jul 29, 2023UT02Yes
Jul 13, 2023UT00Yes
Sep 24, 2019UT01No
Jul 29, 2019UT01No
Jun 1, 2019UT01No
Sep 8, 2018UT00Yes
Jul 31, 2018UT00Yes
Jul 16, 2018UT00Yes
May 22, 2018UT00Yes
Dec 19, 2017UT00Yes
Nov 28, 2017UT01Yes
Dec 7, 2016UT00Yes
Jun 18, 2016UT00Yes
Dec 22, 2015UT00Yes
Nov 21, 2013UT00Yes
Oct 2, 2012UT00Yes
Aug 11, 2011UT00Yes
Jul 5, 2011UT00Yes
May 20, 2008UT00Yes
Mar 4, 2008UT01Yes
Jun 8, 2007UT01Yes
Oct 25, 2006UT00Yes
Jun 17, 2005UT00Yes
Apr 18, 2005UT00Yes