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WALTER E NELSON CO

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Company CheckWALTER E NELSON CO · DOT 288471

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

5937 N CUTTER CIRCLE, PORTLAND, OR, 97217

DOT# 288471 Portland, Oregon

PRIVATE CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

179

Inspections

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Public record

8 events tracked · latest Sep 14, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Aug 26, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 26, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Aug 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Aug 11, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Feb 24, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 14, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 6, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address5937 N CUTTER CIRCLE, PORTLAND, OR, 97217

Mailing Address5937 N CUTTER CIRCLE, PORTLAND, OR, 97217

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Cargo Transported

Paper ProductsCleaning Supplies

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only 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 1.4 · 10 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .08 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .27 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.35 · 29 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage860,000 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 RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)5

Fatal0

Driver OOS5.9% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS9.1% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review09/29/2025

Insurance

AmountNone on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

Last checked09/13/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypePrivate Carrier

Fleet59 units

Drivers90

Mileage860,000 mi

MCS-15001/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)5

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away4

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total102

Out of Service6

OOS Rate5.9%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total77

Out of Service7

OOS Rate9.1%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total6

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 09/29/2025 | Rated: 03/10/2023

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

22 · 3 OOS -

2024

53 · 8 OOS ▲

2025

49 · 6 OOS ▼

2026

29 · 3 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

2 crashes ▲

2025

1 crash ▼

2026

2 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 Aug 2026, 95 inspections, 12 resulted in out-of-service (12.6% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 6 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 7 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (5)

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
02/24/2026	2.03 W GOLD HILL	OR	0	1	1	Rain	Wet	Daylight
01/14/2026	PORTLAND	OR	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/06/2025	VANCOUVER	WA	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/17/2024	LYNDEN	WA	1	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
07/25/2024	KENT	WA	0	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

76 roadside violations across 95 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 48 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 15 violations · 1 OOS

Hazardous Materials 7 violations · 3 OOS

Driver Fitness 4 violations · 3 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 2 violations · 2 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 (100)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/26/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/26/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	RIDGEFIELD WA	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2026	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	BOW WA	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
07/17/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DU PONT WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	MARYSVILLE WA	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERNDALE WA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/01/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	ARLINGTON WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SOUTH PRAIRIE WA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BLAINE WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	RIDGEFIELD WA	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/24/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/16/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	EVERETT WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/18/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2026	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GIG HARBOR WA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	SPOKANE VALLEY WA	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	OR	Full (Level I)	HUBBARD OR	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/10/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOUNT VERNON WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/02/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DEER PARK WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/15/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/14/2026	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2026	OR	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTH PLAINS OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/02/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DUNSMUIR GRADE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/30/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORKS WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/30/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	JEO WARNER STREET	2	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/01/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SCALEHOUSE 65 WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	BOW WA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/11/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/07/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SHELTON WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/04/2025	OR	Full (Level I)	EOLA OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/31/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLYMPIA WA	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/07/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ARLINGTON WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/02/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/09/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	US-101 N/OF SANDMINE ROAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	FORKS WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/12/2025	OR	Walk-Around (Level II)	KLAMATH FALLS OR	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/11/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	RIDGEFIELD WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2025	ID	Full (Level I)	LEWISTON ID	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/24/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MONTESANO WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/10/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	RIDGEFIELD WA	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROCK ISLAND WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2025	OR	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASCADE LOCKS OR	4	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
05/30/2025	OR	Full (Level I)	WOODBURN OR	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	DU PONT WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2025	OR	Full (Level I)	SISTERS OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PULLMAN WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/24/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	DU PONT WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORT ANGELES WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/14/2025	OR	Full (Level I)	BEND OR	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MONTESANO WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2025	ID	Full (Level I)	LEWISTON ID	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/05/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SILVERDALE WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/20/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	GRANDVIEW WA	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR-14 MP 50	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORT ANGELES WA	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DU PONT WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2025	ID	Full (Level I)	LEWISTON ID	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/30/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/16/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WALLA WALLA WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	DU PONT WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2025	WA	Full (Level I)	RIDGEFIELD WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/31/2024	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	AUBURN WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/17/2024	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	EOLA OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	RIDGEFIELD WA	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2024	ID	Full (Level I)	LEWISTON ID	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/10/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SOUTH BEND WA	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/10/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LACEY WA	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
12/05/2024	OR	Full (Level I)	JUNIPER BUTTE OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PASCO WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	GRANDVIEW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/31/2024	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PORT ANGELES WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/28/2024	ID	Driver-Only (Level III)	RATHDRUM ID	3	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2024	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUTTE MT	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORT ANGELES WA	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/24/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	US-101 AT AG STATION	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2024	OR	Full (Level I)	SALEM OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	BELLEVUE WA	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	BOW WA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/26/2024	WA	Full (Level I)	DU PONT WA	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections94

Unsafe Driving 10 viols

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Driver Fitness 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 29 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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91/100

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 91

Starts at 100−9 totalFinal 91

Driver 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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 5.8824% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 5 crash(es) across 59 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: 5 crash(es) across 59 vehicles (~0.08 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 5.8824% vs national avg 5.51%.

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.

WALTER E NELSON CO

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (100)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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