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1116 EAST HWY 30, COZAD, NE, 69130

DOT# 68085 MC# 783217 Cozad, Nebraska 14 years

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158

Power Units

123

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 7

Jul 9, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 19, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
May 5, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 10, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 10, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1116 EAST HWY 30, COZAD, NE, 69130

Mailing AddressP O BOX 17, COZAD, NE, 69130

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC783217

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating14 years

All Docket Numbers

MC783217

Cargo Transported

Building MaterialsMachinery, Large ObjectsLiquids/GasesGrain, Feed, HayConstructionSand & Gravel

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 .13 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .04 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.05 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage4,575,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

123

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

123

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)4

Fatal1

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review02/03/2014

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

CompanyBITCO GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION

Policy #CAP 3 555 144

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet158 units

Drivers123

Mileage4,575,000 mi

Operating14 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal1

Injury1

Tow-Away2

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total26

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total8

Out of Service4

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 02/03/2014 | Rated: 04/17/2007

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 · 0 OOS -

2024

14 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

11 · 3 OOS ▲

2026

7 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

3 crashes ▲

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

Vehicle Out-of-Service 5 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (6)

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
05/19/2026	OXFORD	NE	0	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/10/2026	Not Reported	NE	0	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/10/2025	COZAD	NE	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/19/2025	COZAD	NE	1	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
07/23/2025	NORTH PLATTE	NE	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/11/2024	31A SPUR / W RD	NE	0	1	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

34 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 16 violations · 7 OOS

Unsafe Driving 12 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 0 OOS

Other (General) 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 (37)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/09/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	HARRISBURG NE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/16/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	HARRISBURG NE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/16/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	HARRISBURG NE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2026	NE	Full (Level I)	OGALLALA NE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2026	NE	Full (Level I)	OGALLALA NE	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
04/07/2026	NE	Full (Level I)	NORTH PLATTE EAST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/18/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/29/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 70, 1466 FEET EAS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2025	NE	Full (Level I)	WEST 13TH LEXINGTON	3	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	NE	Full (Level I)	HIGHWAY 30/L ST - COZAD; APCI	9	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I- 80, 395 FEET WEST OF MIL	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2025	NE	Walk-Around (Level II)	MM178 RT30	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/29/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	DISMAL RIVER SCALE	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2025	NE	Full (Level I)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/23/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/07/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	NE	Full (Level I)	WILLIAM/RT83 - NORTH PLATTE	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
12/06/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 34, 705 FEET WEST OF	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/19/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	5	0	3	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/19/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	5	0	3	2	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I- 80, 1751 FEET EAST OF MI	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2024	NE	Full (Level I)	ON N WELCH AVE, 83 FEET SOUTH	2	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
08/19/2024	NE	Full (Level I)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 34, 1128 FEET EAST O	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/20/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/05/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 4, 1388 FEET WEST	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2023	NE	Walk-Around (Level II)	MM179 RT30	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE HWY 30	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/21/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 281, 1617 FEET SOUTH	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2023	NE	Full (Level I)	NORTH PLATTE EAST BOUND	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections28

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC783217	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/27/2012	-	-

No revocation records.

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92/100

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 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

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

Fatal crash on record (rate-adjusted)−3

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 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Fatal crash on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 158 vehicles (~0.03 per vehicle); 1 fatal (25% fatal). Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−3 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 158 vehicles (~0.03 per vehicle); 1 fatal (25% 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 50% 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.

PAULSEN INC

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Cargo Transported

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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 (6)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (37)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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