Carrier profile · USDOT 989505 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Waste Connections of South Dakota Inc

DBA NOVAK ENTERPRISES INC

155 power unitsavg 7.4 yrLocal · 2 statesSIOUX FALLS, SD77/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
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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 25.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.0 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 155-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
155
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 43 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20242002
20231001
20221001
20212102
20192002
20182002
20161001
20152002
20131001
20121011
20101011
20082012
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026SD00Yes
Sep 17, 2024SD00Yes
Jan 26, 2024SD00Yes
Mar 8, 2023SD00Yes
Feb 7, 2022SD00Yes
Jul 12, 2021SD00Yes
Feb 17, 2021SD10Yes
Oct 11, 2019SD00Yes
Jul 12, 2019SD00Yes
Dec 17, 2018SD00Yes
Apr 13, 2018SD00Yes
Mar 14, 2016SD00Yes
Nov 30, 2015SD00Yes
Oct 7, 2015SD00Yes
Sep 17, 2013SD00Yes
Aug 3, 2012IA01Yes
May 14, 2010SD02Yes
Aug 6, 2008SD01Yes
Jan 10, 2008SD00Yes
Jan 27, 2005SD00Yes