Carrier profile · USDOT 1667745 · MC-613060 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Norm Howard Trucking LLC

DBA HOWARD TRUCKING LLC

4 power unitsavg 8.7 yrRegional · 3 statesST GEORGE, UT94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-613060 ACTIVE
Verified linksnormhowardtrucking.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 20.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 16.7 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 4-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
4
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 1, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241001
20222002
20211001
20202002
20182012
20174014
20161001
20152011
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 3, 2025AZ03Yes
Feb 5, 2024KS00Yes
Oct 19, 2022NV00Yes
Jan 6, 2022NV00Yes
Sep 1, 2021CO00Yes
Oct 9, 2020AZ00Yes
Jan 9, 2020CO00Yes
Jul 28, 2018UT01Yes
Feb 22, 2018UT00Yes
May 23, 2017UT00Yes
Apr 29, 2017NM03Yes
Mar 27, 2017TX00Yes
Feb 11, 2017TN00Yes
Nov 17, 2016AZ00Yes
Sep 10, 2015UT00Yes
May 10, 2015TX01No
Jan 14, 2011WI01Yes