TSCHIGGFRIE EXCAVATING
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 87
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 19
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 20 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 27, 2022 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2017 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 28, 2010 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2007 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2006 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 22, 2002 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2000 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 11, 1999 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 1999 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 1998 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 1998 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 1997 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 31, 1997 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 1996 | IA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Jul 25, 1996 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 1996 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 18, 1993 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |