Waste Management of Iowa Inc
DBA WM
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
50 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 5
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
- 40
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 51
- Annualized
- ≈26 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 172.502 Other violationOther1 · 0 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 67 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 121 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2025 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2024 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2023 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2022 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2022 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2022 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 1, 2021 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2021 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2020 | IA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 30, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2019 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2019 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 3, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2018 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2018 | IA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| May 11, 2018 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |