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Company CheckT S HESS & SONS EXCAVATING INC · DOT 434830

1317 ROUTE 113, PERKASIE, PA, 18944

DOT# 434830 MC# 250866 Perkasie, Pennsylvania 33 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jun 30, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Apr 8, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 10, 2024
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 13, 2024
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

Phone(215) 249-1200

Fax(215) 249-1400

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1317 ROUTE 113, PERKASIE, PA, 18944

Mailing AddressP O BOX 484, PIPERSVILLE, PA, 18947

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC250866

CommonInactive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating33 years

Company Overview

T S HESS & SONS EXCAVATING INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. The company has been in operation for 33 years, registered with the FMCSA on 01/28/1991. The fleet consists of 8 power units and 8 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 143,522 miles (2022). With zero crashes across 8 inspections, T S HESS & SONS EXCAVATING INC maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, T S HESS & SONS EXCAVATING INC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage143,522 miles

Mileage Year2022

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 RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/29/2026

CompanyASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Policy #SCP 36849678

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet8 units

Drivers8

Mileage143,522 mi

Operating33 years

MCS-15010/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below 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

7 · 1 OOS —

2024

4 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

1 · 0 OOS =

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 Apr 2026 — 6 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean — no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

2 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

Unsafe Driving 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 (13)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/08/2026	PA	Full (Level I)	LOWER MAKEFIELD TWP PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/29/2025 ▼	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON SKIPPACK PIKE 605 FEET WEST	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16-D — Texting while driving Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
12/10/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEWTOWN PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
11/13/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEWTOWN PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
11/13/2024	PA	Full (Level I)	WRIGHTSTOWN PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
08/21/2024 ▼	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	RTE 309 AND E. FAIRMOUNT ST	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
10/09/2023 ▼	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	UPPER FREEHOLD	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
10/09/2023	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	UPPER FREEHOLD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
10/09/2023 ▼	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	REEDS REC AREA	3	2	0	0	3	2	-
Violations (3) 393.203(c) — CFR 393.203(c) Non-OOS 393.75(g) — CFR 393.75(g) OOS 393.75(g) — CFR 393.75(g) OOS
10/03/2023 ▼	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON COUNTY LINE RD AT ITS INTER	3	0	1	0	2	0	-
Violations (3) 392.16(a) — CFR 392.16(a) Non-OOS 390.21T(b) — CFR 390.21T(b) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS
08/04/2023 ▼	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	CR 526 BYPASS	3	0	0	0	3	0	-
Violations (3) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
08/01/2023	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	UPPER FREEHOLD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/12/2023 ▼	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SUMNEYTOWN PIKE MEASURING 151	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16(a) — CFR 392.16(a) Non-OOS

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	BMO (93) 50198030	$0	11/15/1992	06/03/2004	Cancelled
91	BIPD	ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	SCP 36849678	$0	09/25/2000	09/25/2001	Replaced
34	CARGO	ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE	Q410152504A	$0	07/05/2004	11/27/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	BAO96 50198030	$1,000,000	03/25/1995	09/25/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OHIO CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	BAO(95)50198030	$1,000,000	03/25/1994	03/25/1995	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC250866	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/17/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/09/2005
MC250866	PROPERTY BROKER	DISMISSED	10/07/1996	-	-
MC250866	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/26/1993	REVOKED	06/09/2004
MC250866	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/25/1993	-	-

No revocation records.

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100/100

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

100 — no deductions

Clean record — the bar stays full at 100.

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 6/29/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record — no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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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Inspection Records (13)

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