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Company CheckBUSHMAN EXCAVATING INC · DOT 753319

600 FAIRFAX RD, FAIRFAX, IA, 52228

DOT# 753319 MC# 533804 Fairfax, Iowa 20 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 Sep 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 27, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Mar 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Feb 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Nov 26, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.

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 Address600 FAIRFAX RD, FAIRFAX, IA, 52228

Mailing Address600 FAIRFAX RD, FAIRFAX, IA, 52228

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC533804

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating20 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt 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 4.92 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .07 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .07 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure .23 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 18.23 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage433,111 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS7.1% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS87.5% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/12/2023

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/24/2026

CompanySELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

Policy #S 2620549

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet22 units

Drivers26

Mileage433,111 mi

Operating20 years

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total14

Out of Service1

OOS Rate7.1%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total8

Out of Service7

OOS Rate87.5%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 05/12/2023

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

0 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 4 OOS ▲

2025

8 · 3 OOS ▼

2026

3 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 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 Jul 2026, 14 inspections, 7 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 11 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
12/21/2023	CLIVE	IA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dark - Not Lighted

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

62 roadside violations across 14 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 29 violations · 11 OOS

Unsafe Driving 26 violations · 1 OOS

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

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 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 (15)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/27/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CEDAR RAPIDS IA	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/02/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	US HWY 63 CHESTER	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/23/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-380 SB 5MM	6	1	1	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
11/26/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-380 SB 13MM	5	2	3	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
11/03/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-80 EB 240MM	5	0	2	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
09/30/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SB 6TH ST / 60TH AVE	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SB N MENTZER RD / MAPLE ST	11	3	5	0	6	3	-	▲Detail
08/27/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 151 S/MOUNT VERNON RD (CR)	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	EB HWY 30 / 28TH AVE	5	0	5	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	76TH AVE SW/LONE WILLOW DR SW	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	COUNTY HOME RD/ C AVE EXT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/22/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
11/13/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	6TH ST / 60TH AVE	4	1	2	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
10/23/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	WRIGHT BROTHER BLVD	12	3	3	0	9	3	-	▲Detail
08/01/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	10TH AVE EB TO HWY 151SB (MARI	8	1	1	0	7	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections15

Unsafe Driving 6 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Controlled Substances 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 8 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	60535474	$750,000	10/22/2022	10/01/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110501172	$750,000	10/04/2011	07/01/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	6138117	$750,000	10/01/2020	10/22/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	6138117	$750,000	10/01/2020	12/11/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-L02479	$750,000	09/08/2005	02/17/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	CWP3034019C	$750,000	07/17/2013	10/01/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	CWP3034019C	$750,000	07/17/2013	11/15/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ALLIED PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	ACP BAPC 7105702308	$1,000,000	07/01/2012	08/02/2013	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110501172	$0	07/01/2010	05/20/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110501172	$1,000,000	07/01/2010	10/04/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110501172	$1,000,000	07/01/2010	11/03/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-F96266	$1,000,000	01/20/2006	07/01/2010	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC533804	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/14/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/23/2022
MC533804	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/19/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/04/2020
MC533804	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/15/2005	REVOKED	02/27/2006
MC533804	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	08/20/2013	-	-
MC533804	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/04/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/30/2010
MC533804	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/22/2006	REVOKED	08/12/2013

No revocation records.

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90/100

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 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

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

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

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 8/24/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 7.1429% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 87.5% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 7.1429% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 87.5% 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.

BUSHMAN EXCAVATING INC

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Company Information

Contact Details

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 (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (15)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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