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Company CheckS & L INDUSTRIAL · DOT 481472

675 ROAD 7 1/2, COWLEY, WY, 82420-0126

DOT# 481472 MC# 296880 Cowley, Wyoming 29 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest May 14, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

May 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Oct 23, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
May 16, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 7, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Sep 8, 2024
Roadside inspection, 5 out-of-service violations.

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

Contact Details

Phone(307) 548-2242

Fax(307) 548-2678

Email[email protected]

Physical Address675 ROAD 7 1/2, COWLEY, WY, 82420-0126

Mailing AddressPO BOX 126, COWLEY, WY, 82420-0126

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;PRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC296880

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating29 years

Company Overview

S & L INDUSTRIAL is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Cowley, Wyoming. The company has been in operation for 29 years, registered with the FMCSA on 04/28/1992. The fleet consists of 25 power units and 17 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 175,000 miles (2023). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 13 inspections are on file. Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates exceed the national average, which may indicate compliance concerns. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, S & L INDUSTRIAL has a Trust Score of 89/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)Private (Pass. Business)

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .87 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.25 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 13 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage175,000 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.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS28.6% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS66.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review04/15/2014

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type-

Effective-

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet25 units

Drivers17

Mileage175,000 mi

Operating29 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service2

OOS Rate28.6%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service4

OOS Rate66.7%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 04/15/2014 | Rated: 02/25/2008

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

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

5 · 4 OOS ▲

2025

2 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

1 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 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, 6 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (83.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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
05/16/2025	GREYBULL	WY	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

34 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

Vehicle Maintenance 20 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 5 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 OOS

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

Other (General) 4 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 (10)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/14/2026	UT	Full (Level I)	THOMPSON UT	11	2	2	2	9	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	ORIN JUNCTION REST AREA	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
01/07/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BILLINGS MT	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/08/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	CODE 6 BASIN	9	5	1	0	8	5	-	▲Detail
08/28/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	147.9 US 20 SOUTH PULLOUT	5	2	0	0	5	2	-	▲Detail
08/01/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	I25 SOUTHBOUND MP 256	5	2	1	1	4	1	-	▲Detail
06/30/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	127.5 US 20 PULL OUT	10	6	0	0	10	6	-	▲Detail
06/05/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	ROCK SRPINGS HWY SHOP	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2023	WY	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOORCROFT	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/28/2023	WY	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANNIE POE	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections7

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	C156751898	$0	12/31/1996	11/06/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	C1056751898	$1,000,000	12/31/1996	11/30/1998	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FIDELITY AND GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY	1MP30146218300	$1,000,000	11/30/1998	12/12/2019	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT-660-143D2950	$0	04/01/2005	12/17/2019	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC296880	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/10/1997	REVOKED	11/15/2004
MC296880	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	02/27/1996	-	-

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89/100

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 89

Starts at 100−11 totalFinal 89

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

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

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 28.5714% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 66.6667% vs national avg 20.72%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 25 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: 1 crash(es) across 25 vehicles (~0.04 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 28.5714% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 66.6667% 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.

S & L INDUSTRIAL

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Company Overview

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (10)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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