Carrier profile · USDOT 1224221 · MC-600623 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Nielson Trucking LLC

DBA NIELSON TRUCKING

10 power unitsavg 6.1 yrLocal · 1 statesALGONA, IA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-600623 ACTIVE
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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%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
Driver Fitness
Alert
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
19.6measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 28 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 4 total · 0 in 24 mo

4
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232002
20101001
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 17, 2023MN00Yes
Jul 31, 2023IA00Yes
Jan 6, 2010MN00Yes
Sep 22, 2008IA00Yes