Carrier profile · USDOT 636582 · MC-716526 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NELSONS INC

DBA NELSONS SUNBEAM COAL

34 power unitsavg 6.5 yrMulti-region · 13 statesSALINA, UT94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-716526 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnelsonssunbeam.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 9.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 112 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 14.3 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
34
Inspections · 24 mo
112
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
10False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 1 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20231001
20222012
20212002
20192002
20181001
20174004
20143003
20121001
20113023
20101001
20092002
20081001
20061010
20031001
20003013
19991001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026UT01Yes
Oct 24, 2023AZ00Yes
Dec 12, 2022NV02Yes
Feb 2, 2022AZ00Yes
Oct 12, 2021WY00Yes
Mar 3, 2021UT00Yes
Aug 21, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2019UT00Yes
Dec 27, 2018UT00Yes
Nov 6, 2017UT00Yes
Sep 15, 2017UT00Yes
Aug 11, 2017CO00Yes
May 18, 2017UT00Yes
Nov 25, 2014UT00Yes
May 20, 2014WY00Yes
Feb 8, 2014UT00Yes
Aug 24, 2012UT00Yes
Jul 12, 2011CO00Yes
May 20, 2011TX02Yes
Mar 22, 2011NV01Yes
Oct 20, 2010UT00Yes
Dec 8, 2009NE00Yes
Mar 26, 2009CO00Yes
Aug 7, 2008UT00Yes
Feb 24, 2006UT02No