S & J ENTERPRISES INC

USDOT 1186611MC-Docket MC473873DES MOINES, IA
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S & J ENTERPRISES INC (USDOT 1186611) in DES MOINES, IA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.

  • Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
  • No pending authority revocation.
  • Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
  • BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
  • No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
  • No history of insurance lapses.
  • Current BIPD policy (NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 25 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2023-11-06) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
  • Safety rating is Conditional — FMCSA found enough issues to flag but not enough to downgrade to Unsatisfactory.
  • No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
  • Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
  • No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
  • No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
  • No link to a prior revoked authority.
  • Authority involuntarily revoked 8 times, most recent 2023-11-06 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
  • FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2013-10-24 (C).
  • Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.

Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.

Authority

Common authority
Not applicable
Contract authority
Active

Safety & BASIC scorecard

Safety rating
Conditional · rated 2014-04-15

BASIC safety measures

Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.58
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 2.94
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.16

Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.

Last 24 months

0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
8
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
6
OOS violations

Insurance

BIPD on file
$750,000 below $1M baseline
Cargo insurance
No
Bond on file
No

Fleet

Power units
4
Total drivers
4
Years in business
23
Hazmat authority
No

Crash risk

Preventable crashes (24 mo)
0 of 0 total crash(es)
Recordable crash rate
0
Driver OOS rate
22.2%Above national
Vehicle OOS rate
66.7%Above national

The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.

Compliance & history

Reincarnation / chameleon
No prior revoked authority
Involuntary revocations
8 times last 2023-11-06
Physical address
No address flags
Federal OOS / safety action
None on file
MCS-150 self-report
2025-01-15
Insurance lapse history
No lapses on record
Last compliance review
2013-10-24 · C

Inspection history (all-time)

20
Inspections
8
OOS inspections
33
Violations
8
OOS violations
0
Post-accident

Record spans 2023-07-13 → 2026-01-21.

Crash history (last 24 months)

No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.

Violation pattern (all-time, by area)

Area (49 CFR part) Violations Out of service Most recent
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
15 4 2026-01-21
Unsafe driving 392
9 0 2025-12-17
Hours of service 395
4 0 2025-07-08
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
3 2 2025-06-09
CDL standards 383
2 2 2025-12-17

Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)

Date Category Violation OOS
2026-01-21 Vehicle Maintenance Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking OOS
2026-01-21 Vehicle Maintenance Brake connections with leaks or constrictions
2026-01-21 Vehicle Maintenance CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system
2025-12-17 Driver Fitness Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a safety-related or unknown reason and in state of driver's license issuance OOS
2025-10-12 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on OOS
2025-10-12 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative
2025-07-08 Driver Fitness Operating a CMV without a CDL OOS
2025-07-08 Hours-of-Service Compliance Drivers record of duty status not current
2025-06-09 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
2025-06-09 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate
2025-06-09 Vehicle Maintenance Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination OOS
2024-06-30 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative turn signal OOS

Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)

Showing the 16 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.

2026-01-21 IA · Level 2 3 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2 OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45D
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55C2
2025-12-17 IA · Level 3 2 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2RG
CDL standards 383 51A-SIN OOS
2025-10-12 MO · Level 2 2 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LSLIWR OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LFTSI
2025-07-08 TX · Level 2 2 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
CDL standards 383 23A2 OOS
Hours of service 395 8F01
2025-06-09 LA · Level 1 4 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B-B
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1-BOS OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
2024-06-30 KS · Level 2 3 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a) OOS
2024-05-15 IA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17(c)
2024-04-23 US · Level 1 4 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53(b)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47(e)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 48(a)
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3(a)(1) OOS
2024-01-04 MO · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2023-12-06 MO · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 23-LEU OOS
2023-11-17 IA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2023-11-12 IA · Level 2 3 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11
Hours of service 395 8(f)(1)
2023-10-20 IA · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hours of service 395 8(f)(1)
2023-09-19 IA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2023-08-02 IA · Level 3 3 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
Unsafe driving 392 2
Hours of service 395 8(f)(1)
2023-07-13 MO · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2

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