Carrier profile · USDOT 397323 · MC-404130 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Schmidt's Inc

52 power unitsavg 6.8 yrLocal · 2 statesFAIRBURY, NE87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-404130 ACTIVERATED 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 33.3%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 — 3 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

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 52-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
52
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
Vehicle Maintenance
8.8measure
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 32 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 50 total · 2 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241001
20234014
20221011
20203003
20192012
20186026
20173023
20161001
20153023
20143003
20133013
20122002
20112022
20092011
20072002
20062012
20053012
20031001
20021010
20011011
19991001
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 5, 2025NE00Yes
Feb 18, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 13, 2024KS00Yes
Oct 19, 2023NE00Yes
Jul 24, 2023KS00Yes
Jul 4, 2023KS01Yes
Jan 26, 2023NE00Yes
May 3, 2022MO01Yes
Oct 9, 2020MO00Yes
Jul 28, 2020NE00Yes
Apr 9, 2020NE00Yes
Nov 19, 2019NE01Yes
Feb 26, 2019NE00Yes
Aug 28, 2018KS00Yes
Mar 26, 2018NE01Yes
Mar 5, 2018MO00Yes
Feb 27, 2018NE00Yes
Feb 17, 2018KS01Yes
Jan 14, 2018MO00Yes
Nov 27, 2017KS02Yes
Oct 6, 2017NE00Yes
Jun 21, 2017NE01Yes
May 28, 2016KS00Yes
Dec 30, 2015NE00Yes
Dec 13, 2015KS01Yes