Carrier profile · USDOT 166162 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SCHMITZ GRAIN INC

37 power unitsavg 5.6 yrLocal · 2 statesCURRIE, MN88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksschmitzgraininc.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 14.3%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 — 7 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 44.4 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 37-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
37
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
93%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 23 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 4 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20242012
20203113
20191001
20181011
20172022
20141001
20131011
20121011
20111001
20082022
20071011
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026MN01Yes
Jul 22, 2025SD00Yes
Sep 25, 2024MN02Yes
Sep 20, 2024MN00Yes
Oct 26, 2020MN20Yes
Aug 13, 2020MN01Yes
May 28, 2020MN00Yes
Nov 7, 2019MN00Yes
Nov 5, 2018MN01Yes
May 4, 2017MN01Yes
Mar 14, 2017MN01Yes
Jun 9, 2014MN00Yes
Dec 5, 2013MN01Yes
Nov 23, 2012MN01Yes
Aug 11, 2011MN00Yes
Mar 4, 2008MN01Yes
Jan 30, 2008MN01Yes
Dec 20, 2007MN03Yes
Jun 1, 2005MN00Yes