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Company CheckVELPEN TRUCKING & DISPOSAL CO INC · DOT 826771

3980 SOUTH STATE RD 257, VELPEN, IN, 47590

DOT# 826771 MC# 368736 Velpen, Indiana 26 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Jul 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

May 15, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Apr 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 15, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 3, 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

Phone(812) 354-3280

Fax(812) 354-3280

Email[email protected]

Physical Address3980 SOUTH STATE RD 257, VELPEN, IN, 47590

Mailing Address3980 SOUTH STATE RD 257, VELPEN, IN, 47590

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC368736

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating26 years

Company Overview

VELPEN TRUCKING & DISPOSAL CO INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Velpen, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 26 years, registered with the FMCSA on 09/07/1999. The fleet consists of 31 power units and 31 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 1,269,148 miles (2023). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 34 inspections are on file. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through SECURA INSURANCE, A MUTUAL CO.. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, VELPEN TRUCKING & DISPOSAL CO INC has a Trust Score of 94/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6.42 · 12 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,269,148 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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS52.9% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

CompanySECURA INSURANCE, A MUTUAL CO.

Policy #A 3199263

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet31 units

Drivers31

Mileage1,269,148 mi

Operating26 years

MCS-15011/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total17

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total17

Out of Service9

OOS Rate52.9%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

4 · 1 OOS -

2024

6 · 1 OOS =

2025

13 · 7 OOS ▲

2026

3 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

3 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, 17 inspections, 8 resulted in out-of-service (47.1% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (4)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
07/03/2025	HUNTINGBURG	IN	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/17/2023	EVANSVILLE	IN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dark - Lighted
08/31/2023	FERDINAND	IN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
07/17/2023	OAKLAND CITY	IN	1	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

24 roadside violations across 17 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 · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (26)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/15/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	ENGLISH IN	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/12/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	HENDERSON	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/30/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WASHINGTON IN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/15/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SHOALS IN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/08/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	VINCENNES IN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	ELBERFELD IN	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	EVANSVILLE IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	WASHINGTON IN	5	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/09/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	DECKER IN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/26/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	ELBERFELD IN	6	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	OTWELL IN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	LOOGOOTEE IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	SHOALS IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PRINCETON IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	TERRE HAUTE IN	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/21/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	ENGLISH IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/26/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WINSLOW IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/24/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	FORT BRANCH IN	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/15/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SHOALS IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/06/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WASHINGTON IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/28/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SHOALS IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/07/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MARTINSVILLE IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/16/2023	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	HAUBSTADT IN	4	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
11/09/2023	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PATOKA IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/28/2023	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 50 E OF I-69	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/10/2023	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	NB SR 67 S OF BRADFORD WOODS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections17

Vehicle Maintenance 12 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	BAP4790550	$1,000,000	11/18/2011	11/18/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PICTN0001667	$1,000,000	11/18/2010	11/18/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	RICTN0003656	$1,000,000	11/18/2009	11/18/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-K40236	$1,000,000	11/18/2004	11/18/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-K40236	$1,000,000	11/18/2004	12/21/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTERSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY	BA 6119815	$1,000,000	11/18/2003	11/18/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO0085766	$1,000,000	11/18/2001	11/18/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTERSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY	TP 6100418	$1,000,000	09/15/2001	11/18/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	0830 02 011780	$1,000,000	09/15/1999	09/15/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTERSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY	BA 6104497	$1,000,000	02/03/2003	11/18/2003	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC368736	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/10/2012	-	-
MC368736	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/05/1999	REVOKED	02/04/2003
MC368736	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/24/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/18/2011
MC368736	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/22/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/16/2010
MC368736	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/22/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/30/2004
MC368736	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/19/2003	REVOKED	11/26/2012

No revocation records.

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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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/16/2026.

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 52.9412% vs national avg 20.72%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 31 vehicles (~0.03 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 31 vehicles (~0.03 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 52.9412% 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.

VELPEN TRUCKING & DISPOSAL CO INC

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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

Crash Records (4)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (26)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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