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KELLEN EXCAVATING LLC

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Company CheckKELLEN EXCAVATING LLC · DOT 1438327

20384 K 49, LEMARS, IA, 51031

DOT# 1438327 MC# 543517 Lemars, Iowa 9 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest May 11, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

May 11, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Feb 5, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jul 10, 2025
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).
Jan 21, 2025
REVOKED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address20384 K 49, LEMARS, IA, 51031

Mailing Address20384 K 49, LEMARS, IA, 51031

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC543517

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating9 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

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 4.53 · 4 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 14.5 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage10,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet15 units

Drivers22

Mileage10,000 mi

Operating9 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service1

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

4 · 0 OOS =

2025

2 · 0 OOS =

2026

3 · 1 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 crashes ▼

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 May 2026, 6 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (16.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 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
05/30/2024	150TH ST AND POLK AVE	IA	0	2	1	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

22 roadside violations across 6 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

Vehicle Maintenance 12 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 10 violations · 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 (10)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/11/2026	IA	Full (Level I)	37 - I29 SB MM 132 SALIX	6	1	0	6	1	-	▲Detail
05/04/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 75 SB AT C38	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 18 EB AT VAN BUREN AVE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/10/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 60 NB AND HWY 10	6	0	0	6	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WB HWY 3 - DOGWOOD AVE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	K22 AND 265TH	6	0	1	5	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	37 - I29 SB MM 132 SALIX	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/30/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	150TH AND POLK	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	INTERSTATE 29 NB AND	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/31/2023	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	320TH AND HWY 140	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections6

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60508360	$750,000	08/28/2018	01/15/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60425590	$750,000	07/10/2017	08/28/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60425590	$750,000	07/10/2017	10/11/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60528097	$750,000	01/15/2021	01/15/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60508360	$750,000	01/15/2021	01/15/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60508360	$750,000	01/15/2021	02/26/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC543517	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/17/2017	REVOKED	01/21/2025
MC543517	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/01/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/11/2021
MC543517	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	01/06/2006	-	-

No revocation records.

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55/100

Fair

NOT 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 55

−25

−15

Starts at 100−45 totalFinal 55

No insurance or bond on file−25

No active operating authority−15

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

No active for-hire or broker authority on file.

Active insurance on file

No active insurance / coverage amount on file.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-25

No insurance or bond on file FAILS VERIFICATION

No active insurance or surety bond is recorded with FMCSA, and no active authority that would require it.

-15

No active operating authority FAILS VERIFICATION

No active for-hire (common/contract) or broker authority on file.

-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.

KELLEN EXCAVATING LLC

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Company Information

Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

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 (10)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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