SWANSON HAY CO INC
USDOT 67562MC-Docket MC174180SPOKANE, WA
Review before tendering15 power units
SWANSON HAY CO INC (USDOT 67562) in SPOKANE, WA — 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.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2010-09-08 (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
- Active
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.03
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.17
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.56
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
26
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
5
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 15
- Total drivers
- 11
- Years in business
- 52
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 3.7%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 33.3%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
- 2025-08-05
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2010-09-08 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
47
Inspections
11
OOS inspections
63
Violations
14
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-05-30 → 2026-05-11.
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
|
33 | 8 | 2026-04-08 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
9 | 4 | 2026-04-08 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
9 | 0 | 2026-04-08 |
Hours of service 395
|
2 | 0 | 2025-07-02 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2026-03-12 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2026-03-12 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on fi | OOS |
| 2025-08-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others in contact with a part of the vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel - Dripping leak. | OOS |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-07-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2024-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2024-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2024-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver - Failing to properly secure load | — |
| 2024-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver - Failing to inspect the cargo and devices used to secure the cargo within the first 50 miles after beginning a t | — |
| 2024-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 18 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG3 | — | — |
2026-04-08 13 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1-B | — | — |
2026-03-13 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-03-12 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG3 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-08-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
2025-07-02 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-TAOCV | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-F | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
2025-03-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2024-09-12 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2024-07-23 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(b)(2) | — | — |
2024-02-28 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2024-02-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPDIT | — | — |
2023-12-20 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
2023-12-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LBL | — | — |
2023-11-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82DUMT | — | — |
2023-09-15 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 118(d)(3) | OOS | — |
2023-09-06 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2023-06-28 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 118(d)(3) | OOS | — |
2023-05-30 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 106D-C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9B-LFTSO | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 106D-C | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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