Carrier profile · USDOT 29272 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Western Engineering Company Inc

64 power unitsavg 15.1 yrLocal · 2 statesHARLAN, IA74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

9 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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 64-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: 64
Inspections · 24 mo: 9
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

2.25measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.106 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 17 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 44 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2013	3	0	1	2
2010	4	2	0	4
2009	4	1	3	3
2008	1	0	1	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2005	4	0	2	4
2004	2	0	1	2
2003	1	0	1	0
2002	3	0	1	3
2001	1	0	1	0
2000	1	0	1	1
1998	2	0	0	2
1997	1	0	1	1
1996	2	0	1	1
1995	4	0	3	3
1994	3	1	1	2
1993	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 12, 2026	IA	0	0	Yes
Sep 13, 2023	NE	0	1	Yes
Aug 27, 2022	IA	0	1	Yes
Jun 22, 2021	NE	0	1	Yes
Mar 28, 2018	NE	0	1	Yes
May 18, 2016	IA	0	2	Yes
Oct 2, 2013	NE	0	0	Yes
Jun 6, 2013	NE	0	0	Yes
May 22, 2013	NE	0	1	No
Oct 14, 2010	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 29, 2010	IA	0	0	Yes
Sep 20, 2010	IA	1	0	Yes
Aug 20, 2010	NE	1	0	Yes
Oct 19, 2009	IA	0	2	Yes
Sep 8, 2009	NE	1	2	No
Jun 1, 2009	NE	0	1	Yes
Apr 24, 2009	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 11, 2008	IA	0	1	Yes
May 4, 2007	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 19, 2005	NE	0	1	Yes
Sep 17, 2005	NE	0	0	Yes
May 18, 2005	IA	0	0	Yes
May 4, 2005	KS	0	1	Yes
Aug 5, 2004	NE	0	0	Yes
May 4, 2004	NE	0	2	Yes