Carrier profile · USDOT 1244679 · MC-488533 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

RD EXCAVATING INC

6 power unitsavg 7.2 yrMulti-region · 11 statesBURBANK, OH88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-488533 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 11.1%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 — 9 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 26.1 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 3

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

≈1.8 / 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: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 21
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

.07measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

37%

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.

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

1Drove over hours

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	3	0	1	3
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2016	2	0	1	2
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	2	0	0	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	1	1	1	1
2007	1	0	1	0
2006	2	0	2	1
2005	2	0	2	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 28, 2026	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2025	OH	0	0	Yes
Aug 12, 2025	KY	0	0	Yes
Jun 10, 2025	OH	0	2	Yes
Nov 18, 2021	NC	0	0	Yes
Oct 28, 2020	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 5, 2018	FL	0	0	Yes
Sep 6, 2016	GA	0	3	Yes
Jun 4, 2016	NJ	0	0	Yes
Jul 22, 2015	KY	0	0	Yes
Mar 12, 2014	OH	0	0	Yes
Jan 10, 2014	PA	0	0	Yes
Dec 16, 2013	OH	0	0	Yes
Mar 20, 2012	OH	0	2	Yes
Mar 24, 2010	OH	0	0	Yes
Sep 17, 2009	TX	1	4	Yes
May 17, 2007	PA	0	3	No
Oct 7, 2006	MA	0	1	Yes
Sep 12, 2006	OH	0	1	No
Sep 21, 2005	IL	0	1	Yes
Sep 7, 2005	NE	0	1	Yes