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MICHELS UNDERGROUND CABLE INC

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Company CheckMICHELS UNDERGROUND CABLE INC · DOT 4164100

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

817 MAIN ST, BROWNSVILLE, WI, 53006

DOT# 4164100 Brownsville, Wisconsin

PRIVATE CARRIER

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294

Power Units

285

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Jul 6, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Jul 6, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 13, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 31, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 21, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Sep 11, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address817 MAIN ST, BROWNSVILLE, WI, 53006

Mailing Address817 MAIN ST, BROWNSVILLE, WI, 53006

Other Companies at This Address

Address817 MAIN ST, BROWNSVILLE, WI 53006

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
MI-TECH SERVICES INC	2342628	Sign in shared ×9	Active
MICHELS CONSTRUCTION INC	3706905	Sign in shared ×9	Active
MICHELS PIPELINE INC	3599759	Sign in shared ×9	Active
MICHELS POWER INC	3484138	Sign in shared ×9	Active
MICHELS ROAD AND STONE INC	3703820	Sign in shared ×9	Active
MICHELS TRENCHLESS INC	3893941	Sign in shared ×9	Active
MICHELS UNDERGROUND CABLE INC this company	4164100	Sign in shared ×9	Active
MICHELS UTILITY SERVICES INC	3491461	Sign in shared ×9	Active
MOUNTAIN TUNNEL CONSTRUCTORS INC	4008716	Sign in shared ×9	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Cargo Transported

Building MaterialsMachinery, Large ObjectsUtilityConstruction

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only

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 .08 · 3 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 3.73 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage3,286,480 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

285

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

285

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)5

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS25.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypePrivate Carrier

Fleet294 units

Drivers285

Mileage3,286,480 mi

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)5

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away3

Driver Inspections

Total21

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total16

Out of Service4

OOS Rate25.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total3

OOS1

OOS Rate33.3% (avg 4.5%)

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

2024

6 · 2 OOS -

2025

11 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

8 · 3 OOS ▲

Crashes

2024

0 crashes -

2025

4 crashes ▲

2026

1 crash ▼

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 Jul 2026, 22 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (18.2% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

HazMat Out-of-Service 1 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
03/31/2026	NOT LISTED	TX	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Dark - Not Lighted
10/21/2025	NOT LISTED	TX	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/11/2025	MARSHALLTOWN	IA	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
06/30/2025	TOWN OF EAU GALLE	WI	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/30/2025	CLEAR LAKE	WI	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

24 roadside violations across 22 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 14 violations · 5 OOS

Unsafe Driving 7 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 2 violations · 0 OOS

Hazardous Materials 1 violation · 1 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 (25)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/06/2026	CO	Full (Level I)	FORT COLLINS CO	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/13/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	16 - I380 SB MM 53 BRANDON	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
04/07/2026	WY	Full (Level I)	GILLETTE PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/07/2026	WY	Full (Level I)	GILLETTE POE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2026	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEWTON WI	4	1	2	2	1	-	▲Detail
03/27/2026	IA	Full (Level I)	US 30 WB MM 186	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/10/2026	OK	Walk-Around (Level II)	BRAMAN SCALES	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
02/06/2026	WI	Special (Level IV)	SPARTA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/21/2025	WI	Full (Level I)	SPARTA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/17/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	106 CR 234	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/13/2025	IA	Full (Level I)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 30 EB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	HANCOCK WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	SUNDANCE POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/03/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	AMHERST WI	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/03/2025	IA	Full (Level I)	SE MARSHALL ST AND CROWN FLAIR	3	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST LAKELAND MN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST LAKELAND MN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/30/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	FOND DU LAC WI	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/29/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	HWY 151	4	3	0	4	3	1	▲Detail
08/26/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	DODGEVILLE WI	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/25/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHARLESTOWN IN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/12/2024	WI	Full (Level I)	SPARTA WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAKE HALLIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections21

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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67/100

Good

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 67

−25

Starts at 100−33 totalFinal 67

No insurance or bond on file−25

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

Operating history unknown−3

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

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.

-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.

Where this company lands, risk scales

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)	−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.

MICHELS UNDERGROUND CABLE INC

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Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (25)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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