Carrier profile · USDOT 188932 · MC-217470 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Norsemen Trucking Inc

49 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 25 statesLAKE MILLS, IA64/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-217470 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 10.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 74 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.8% · 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 11.3 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

69 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 13

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 49-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
74
Annualized
37 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
19%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
23%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
12False logs
16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 93 total · 3 in 24 mo

93
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
40
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20244004
20234004
20222012
20213023
20203022
20193013
20182012
20174024
20162022
20144014
20132012
20121001
20113013
20101001
20091001
20083003
20073123
20069147
20055034
20046016
20034114
20023023
20013003
20002012
19982012
19974034
19961011
19952022
19944133
19931010
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 10, 2025IA00Yes
Dec 12, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 4, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 9, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 8, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 18, 2023IN00Yes
Mar 26, 2023MT00Yes
Mar 21, 2023TN00Yes
Mar 20, 2023FL00Yes
Nov 15, 2022GA01Yes
Jan 15, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 24, 2021WY01Yes
Aug 23, 2021MD01Yes
Feb 8, 2021IA00Yes
Oct 5, 2020IL00Yes
Jun 15, 2020RI02No
Jan 9, 2020WI01Yes
Nov 18, 2019MT00Yes
Nov 10, 2019MO01Yes
Feb 7, 2019IA00Yes
Sep 6, 2018MN02Yes
Jun 21, 2018IN00Yes
Jul 17, 2017OH01Yes
Feb 27, 2017IL00Yes
Feb 24, 2017IA02Yes