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Company CheckWESSELS OIL COMPANY INC · DOT 1179647

421 RAILROAD AVENUE, PALMER, IA, 50571-0176

DOT# 1179647 MC# 563538 Palmer, Iowa 11 years

CARRIER Legal name changed · Jun 28, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Jul 7, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Jun 28, 2026
Company legal name changed.

Safety & compliance 5

Mar 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 out-of-service violations.
Feb 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Jan 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 29, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 2, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(712) 359-7712

Fax(712) 359-2307

Email[email protected]

Physical Address421 RAILROAD AVENUE, PALMER, IA, 50571-0176

Mailing AddressPO BOX 176, PALMER, IA, 50571-0176

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC563538

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating11 years

Company Overview

WESSELS OIL COMPANY INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Palmer, Iowa. The company has been in operation for 11 years, registered with the FMCSA on 10/17/2003. The fleet consists of 40 power units and 29 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 394,500 miles (2024). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 21 inspections are on file. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.. Active operating authorities include Common, Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, WESSELS OIL COMPANY INC has a Trust Score of 95/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Hazardous Materials

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 3.56 · 11 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 7.81 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage394,500 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review07/15/2016

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/27/2026

CompanyEMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.

Policy #8E9-31-57

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet40 units

Drivers29

Mileage394,500 mi

Operating11 years

MCS-15002/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total15

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service2

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total4

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 07/15/2016

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

7 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

6 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

3 · 1 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Mar 2026, 13 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (15.4% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

HazMat Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
12/29/2025	No city county crash	IA	0	0	1	3	Freezing Rain	Water	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

24 roadside violations across 13 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 12 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 8 violations · 2 OOS

Hazardous Materials 3 violations · 2 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (17)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
03/30/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 29 EB AND CEADER ST	5	3	1	4	3	2	▲Detail
02/07/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-29 NB SGT BLUFF REST AREA	5	0	1	4	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 18 EB/140TH	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 4 SB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 4 NB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/12/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 169 NB/280TH ST	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 4 AND CENTER ST	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 18 WB/VAIL AVE	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/14/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 169 SB / HWY 20	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 169 SB/270TH ST	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	130TH ST AND KEOKUK AVE	2	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/11/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	240TH ST EB/TO HWY 169 NB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	01 - I80 WB MM 151 MITCHELLVIL	1	0	0	1	0	1	▲Detail
06/05/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 169 NB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/23/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FLORIDA AVE/ S OF QUARRY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/08/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 69 NB/300TH ST	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/07/2023	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 3 WB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections15

Unsafe Driving 11 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC563538	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/21/2019	-	-
MC563538	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/21/2019	-	-
MC563538	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	06/20/2006	-	-
MC563538	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/05/2015	REVOKED	04/01/2019
MC563538	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	06/05/2015	REVOKED	04/01/2019

No revocation records.

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95/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/27/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

WESSELS OIL COMPANY INC

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Company Overview

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (17)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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