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Company CheckYELLOW IRON EXCAVATING LLC · DOT 815229

DBA: DBA YELLOW IRON WASTE REMOVAL

4300 LEEPER LANE, WILSON, WY, 83014

DOT# 815229 MC# 705166 Wilson, Wyoming 16 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

7 events tracked · latest Sep 8, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Sep 8, 2025
REVOKED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Jun 10, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 30, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Mar 28, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 3, 2024
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 1

Sep 1, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Contact Details

Phone(307) 734-0583

Fax(307) 734-1532

Email[email protected]

Physical Address4300 LEEPER LANE, WILSON, WY, 83014

Mailing AddressPO BOX 1225, WILSON, WY, 83014

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC705166

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating16 years

Company Overview

YELLOW IRON EXCAVATING LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Wilson, Wyoming. The company has been in operation for 16 years, registered with the FMCSA on 06/15/1999. The fleet consists of 16 power units and 8 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 465,694 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 31 inspections, YELLOW IRON EXCAVATING LLC maintains an excellent safety record. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, YELLOW IRON EXCAVATING LLC has a Trust Score of 95/100 (Excellent).

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 .81 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .05 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 9.81 · 9 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage465,694 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceActual

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 RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS40.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review06/04/2024

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective09/01/2025

CompanyTHE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.

Policy #EBA 075 62 20

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet16 units

Drivers8

Mileage465,694 mi

Operating16 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total16

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total15

Out of Service6

OOS Rate40.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 06/04/2024

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

2 · 2 OOS -

2024

12 · 5 OOS ▲

2025

6 · 2 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 Jun 2025, 14 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (35.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 7 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

35 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 32 violations · 7 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 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 (20)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/10/2025	WY	Walk-Around (Level II)	WY - ID STATE LINE	3	1	1	2	1	-	▲Detail
04/30/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	4	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
03/28/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/27/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	6	2	0	6	2	-	▲Detail
03/11/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/27/2024	WY	Driver-Only (Level III)	ALPINE POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2024	WY	Driver-Only (Level III)	ALPINE POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	5	1	1	4	1	-	▲Detail
11/05/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	3	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
10/07/2024	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	11	2	1	10	2	-	▲Detail
08/07/2024	WY	Walk-Around (Level II)	ALPINE POE	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/03/2024	UT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BRIGHAM CITY UT	9	3	0	0	3	-	▲Detail
06/28/2024	WY	Walk-Around (Level II)	ALPINE POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2024	WY	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL-YELLOW IRON	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/13/2024	WY	Walk-Around (Level II)	ALPINE POE	3	1	1	2	1	-	▲Detail
12/20/2023	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	12	4	0	12	4	-	▲Detail
06/21/2023	WY	Full (Level I)	ALPINE POE	12	1	0	12	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections17

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 9 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	STARSTONE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	APM4100162#1	$750,000	09/01/2024	09/01/2025	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	ACP CIM 7506215347	$0	09/01/2013	09/25/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	ACP BA 7506215347	$1,000,000	09/01/2013	09/01/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	ACP BA 7506215347	$1,000,000	09/01/2013	09/25/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	COLORADO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 1369052	$1,000,000	02/16/2010	09/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	COLORADO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 1369052	$1,000,000	02/16/2010	10/18/2013	Cancelled
34	CARGO	COLORADO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 1369052	$0	02/16/2010	09/01/2013	Replaced
34	CARGO	COLORADO CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 1369052	$0	02/16/2010	10/18/2013	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC705166	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/23/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/03/2013
MC705166	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/29/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/03/2024
MC705166	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/05/2010	REVOKED	09/08/2025

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 40% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 40% 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.

YELLOW IRON EXCAVATING LLC

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Company Overview

Operation Classification

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

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (20)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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