HARPER EXCAVATING INC
USDOT 228707MC-Docket MC807125SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Do not tenderHazmat-authorized43 power units
HARPER EXCAVATING INC (USDOT 228707) in SALT LAKE CITY, UT — carries a hard disqualifier. 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: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 2 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- 1 fatal crash(es) in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2017-12-11 (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. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
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
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.25
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 1.1
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 4.62
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
1
Fatalities
1
Injuries
2
Crashes
12
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
5
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 43
- Total drivers
- 30
- Years in business
- 43
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 16.7%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 57.1%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
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-05-21
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2017-12-11 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
17
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
54
Violations
8
OOS violations
3
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-05 → 2026-03-13.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-02-19
UT
1 injuredTow-away
2024-10-31
UT
1 fatalTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
35 | 25 | 2024-12-13 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 4 | 2025-06-03 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
4 | 1 | 2025-12-09 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
3 | 1 | 2024-11-05 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2024-11-05 |
Hours of service 395
|
2 | 0 | 2024-11-05 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2025-05-27 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV | OOS |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2024-12-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2024-11-05 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2024-11-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - The ELD display screen is not viewable by an authorized official without entering the CMV | — |
| 2024-11-05 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial motor vehicle without showing proof of a valid medical certification upo | — |
| 2024-11-04 | Driver Fitness | Operating a non-CDL required commercial motor vehicle with driving privileges revoked suspended cancelled or otherwise d | OOS |
| 2024-11-04 | Driver Fitness | Driver who has not been medically examined and certified as qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle during the p | — |
| 2024-10-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Steering - Power steering components loose/broken | — |
| 2024-10-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp missing | — |
| 2024-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV | OOS |
| 2024-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 11 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-12-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2025-06-03 1 violPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-TFCV | OOS | — |
2025-05-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TC-MC | — | — |
2024-12-13 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
2024-11-05 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A-MCPC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 20BELDNV | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
2024-11-04 32 viols· 1 OOSPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 45B-MCEM | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 15A-LNCDLNSRW | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-STCB | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-STBW | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205A-WRTC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205A-WRCC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205A-WRCC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSML | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13D1-CSSRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207C-SDLS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-TFCV | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 7A-UOC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205A-WRTC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-STCB | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 25A-L | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-STCB | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-STCB | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TAORETA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-SAPPAS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 7A-UOC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-SAPPAS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 70D-CDTSDD | OOS | — |
2024-10-14 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209(e) | — | — |
2024-09-11 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-12-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24(d) | — | — |
2023-11-14 2 viols· 1 OOSPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16(a) | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
2023-07-05 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
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