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Private carrier, runs its own trucks and hauls its own freight

HWY 30, CURRIE, MN, 56123-0175

DOT# 166162 Currie, Minnesota

PRIVATE CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest May 28, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

May 28, 2026
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).
May 26, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Feb 5, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 2, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jul 22, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Sep 25, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Sep 20, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

Phone(507) 763-3412

Fax(507) 763-3787

Email[email protected]

Physical AddressHWY 30, CURRIE, MN, 56123-0175

Mailing AddressPO BOX 175, CURRIE, MN, 56123-0175

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonN/A

ContractN/A

BrokerN/A

Company Overview

SCHMITZ GRAIN INC is a FMCSA-validated private carrier based in Currie, Minnesota. The fleet consists of 37 power units and 26 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 1,573,980 miles (2023). 3 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 22 inspections are on file. The FMCSA has assigned a Conditional safety rating. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, SCHMITZ GRAIN INC has a Trust Score of 79/100 (Good).

Operation Classification

Exempt For HirePrivate (Property)

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,573,980 miles

Mileage Year2023

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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS25.0% avg 20.7%

Last Review02/19/2010

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type-

Effective-

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypePrivate Carrier

Fleet37 units

Drivers26

Mileage1,573,980 mi

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away2

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total14

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total8

Out of Service2

OOS Rate25.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 02/19/2010 | Rated: 08/20/2008

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

6 · 0 OOS —

2024

6 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

8 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

3 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes —

2024

2 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 May 2026 — 15 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (13.3% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (3)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
07/22/2025	RURAL	SD	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/25/2024	SLAYTON	MN	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/20/2024	BREWSTER	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

56 roadside violations across 15 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 35 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 18 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 0 OOS

Other (General) 2 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 (23)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/28/2026 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MARSHALL MN	6	0	4	0	2	0	-
Violations (6) 392.2-SLLEWA3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.55E-B — CFR 393.55E-B Non-OOS 393.55D2-B — CFR 393.55D2-B Non-OOS 392.2-SLLEWG3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLEWA2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLEWA3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
05/26/2026 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MARSHALL MN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
02/05/2026 ▼	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 59 SB N OF HWY 18	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16 — Texting while driving Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
12/02/2025 ▼	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 59 SB	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
07/17/2025 ▼	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 59 SB	2	0	1	0	1	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 396.17C — CFR 396.17C Non-OOS
06/17/2025 ▼	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	TYLER AVE SB	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
05/29/2025 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MARSHALL MN	8	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (8) 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 393.9A-LFTSI — CFR 393.9A-LFTSI Non-OOS 393.95A1 — CFR 393.95A1 Non-OOS 393.9A-LHWS — CFR 393.9A-LHWS Non-OOS 393.205A-WRC — CFR 393.205A-WRC Non-OOS
04/30/2025 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MARSHALL MN	7	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (7) 393.9A-LHWS — CFR 393.9A-LHWS Non-OOS 393.9A-LSLI — CFR 393.9A-LSLI Non-OOS 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 393.9A-LRLI — CFR 393.9A-LRLI Non-OOS 393.9A-LTSIR — CFR 393.9A-LTSIR Non-OOS 393.9A-LIL — CFR 393.9A-LIL Non-OOS 393.9A-LCL — CFR 393.9A-LCL Non-OOS
04/29/2025 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SLAYTON MN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 393.55E-B — CFR 393.55E-B Non-OOS 392.2-SLL — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
02/25/2025 ▼	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	L58 SB	5	0	2	0	3	0	-
Violations (5) 392.2-SLLS3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.75A1 — CFR 393.75A1 Non-OOS 393.9A-LSLI — CFR 393.9A-LSLI Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 392.2UCR — CFR 392.2UCR Non-OOS
01/29/2025 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CURRIE MN	3	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (3) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLEQP — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLSR — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
09/28/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 59 SB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
09/26/2024 ▼	MN	Full (Level I)	ADRIAN MN	9	1	0	0	4	1	-
Violations (9) 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 396.3A1-BOS — CFR 396.3A1-BOS OOS 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 393.53B-B — CFR 393.53B-B Non-OOS 393.55E-B — CFR 393.55E-B Non-OOS 393.203C-CBP — CFR 393.203C-CBP Non-OOS 393.9A-HLLH — CFR 393.9A-HLLH Non-OOS 393.9A-LFTSI — CFR 393.9A-LFTSI Non-OOS 393.207A-SAPPAS — CFR 393.207A-SAPPAS OOS
09/12/2024 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	BREWSTER MN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.16(a) — CFR 392.16(a) Non-OOS
07/17/2024 ▼	MN	Full (Level I)	AVOCA MN	8	2	0	0	0	2	-
Violations (8) 391.41(a) — CFR 391.41(a) Non-OOS 390.21T(b)(1) — CFR 390.21T(b)(1) Non-OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 390.21T(b)(2) — CFR 390.21T(b)(2) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) OOS
05/15/2024 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MARSHALL MN	3	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (3) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.55(e) — CFR 393.55(e) Non-OOS
03/05/2024 ▼	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 59 NB	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16(a) — CFR 392.16(a) Non-OOS
12/11/2023 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LISMORE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
10/02/2023 ▼	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	M27 SB	3	0	0	0	3	0	-
Violations (3) 393.48(a) — CFR 393.48(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.45(b)(2) — CFR 393.45(b)(2) Non-OOS
08/30/2023 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CURRIE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
08/04/2023 ▼	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	260TH EB AT HWY 60	2	0	1	0	1	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 396.17(c) — CFR 396.17(c) Non-OOS
08/02/2023 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MORGAN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16(a) — CFR 392.16(a) Non-OOS
06/28/2023 ▼	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	A34	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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79/100

Good

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 79

−12

Starts at 100−21 totalFinal 79

Conditional safety rating−12

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

Operating history unknown−3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers — a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers — a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Conditional rating (acceptable, but not Unsatisfactory).

What's lowering this score

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 25% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 37 vehicles (~0.08 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 37 vehicles (~0.08 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 25% 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) knockout	−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.

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Crash Records (3)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (23)

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