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Company CheckFIRST RATE EXCAVATE INC · DOT 468424

1509 EAST 39TH ST N, SIOUX FALLS, SD, 57104

DOT# 468424 MC# 881130 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 9 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Oct 24, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Oct 2, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 25, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Sep 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Sep 8, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1509 EAST 39TH ST N, SIOUX FALLS, SD, 57104

Mailing Address1509 EAST 39TH ST N, SIOUX FALLS, SD, 57104

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;OTHER-GRAVEL/DIRT;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC881130

CommonActive

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 .54 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .18 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 5.76 · 10 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,003,099 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceActual

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS3.1% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS28.6% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review02/07/2024

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/23/2026

CompanyTHE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO

Policy #3H289264

Last checked10/24/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet49 units

Drivers80

Mileage1,003,099 mi

Operating9 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away2

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total32

Out of Service1

OOS Rate3.1%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total14

Out of Service4

OOS Rate28.6%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 02/07/2024 | Rated: 02/13/2024

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

5 · 1 OOS -

2024

13 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

16 · 2 OOS =

2026

15 · 6 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

2 crashes ▲

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 Oct 2026, 34 inspections, 8 resulted in out-of-service (23.5% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 9 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

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
08/23/2024	RURAL	SD	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/16/2024	SIOUX FALLS	SD	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

41 roadside violations across 34 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 28 violations · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 13 violations · 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 (49)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
10/02/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRANDON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	WOLSEY SD	4	1	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
09/17/2026	SD	Full (Level I)	SIOUX FALLS SD	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
09/08/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BERESFORD SD	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2026	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WORTHINGTON MN	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
08/20/2026	MN	Full (Level I)	WORTHINGTON MN	3	2	0	0	3	2	-	▲Detail
07/07/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	EB HWY 9 / GARFIELD AVE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/28/2026	SD	Full (Level I)	MIDWAY SD	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
03/03/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHANCELLOR SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/23/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	JEFFERSON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/09/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BERESFORD SD	4	1	0	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
01/14/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MILLER SD	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/03/2025	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	HOLLAND MN	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/27/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/09/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	JEFFERSON SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/02/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/26/2025	SD	Full (Level I)	BERESFORD SD	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/16/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	BALTIC SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BERESFORD SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/30/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	JEFFERSON SD	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/20/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	JEFFERSON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/08/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MITCHELL SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MITCHELL SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MITCHELL SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/21/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	TEA SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BERESFORD SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/07/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/15/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	PLANKINTON SD	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	TRENT SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 75 SB AT HWY 18 S JCT	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	CANTON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BERESFORD SD	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/14/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/22/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BRANDON SD	6	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	DELL RAPIDS SD	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2023	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILE POST 84 INTERSTATE 29	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2023	SD	Full (Level I)	DE SMET SD	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2023	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections33

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 10 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	BITCO GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	CAP 3607912	$1,000,000	08/20/2014	11/03/2016	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC881130	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/29/2016	-	-
MC881130	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	09/29/2014	-	-

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94/100

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 94

Starts at 100−6 totalFinal 94

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 28.5714% vs national avg 20.72%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 49 vehicles (~0.04 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: 2 crash(es) across 49 vehicles (~0.04 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 28.5714% 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.

FIRST RATE EXCAVATE INC

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (49)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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