HIGHLAND SANITATION & RECYCLING INC

DOT# 1085138 Inver Grove Heights, MN Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(651) 437-0001 bob.stewart@highlandsanitation.com 10730 Briggs Drive, Inver Grove Heights MN 55077
45 power units · all owned 31 drivers
Intrastate Only
Marginal Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 6 of the 45 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed. Intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Minnesota are rarely inspected (about 1 a year for every 24 trucks), so the roadside record can't confirm the fleet either way.
FRED Score 30.8 / 100
Prior-only confidence
23 yrs history · 5 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
45
Drivers · CDL
31 · 31
Annual miles
550k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 45 0 0 45
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
01-06-2003 (23 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-24-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
SUSAN STEWART

Cargo

30.4
low risk
Building Materials Other: ROLLOFF Construction Garbage/Refuse

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 45 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 6 units seen in 24 months, 0.06 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate operation

Runs within Minnesota only. Intrastate fleets in Minnesota are inspected about 1 a year for every 23 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.55×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.5× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.5 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.62× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.67× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -7%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 6 of the 45 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (5 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 45 are running. Intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Minnesota are rarely inspected (about 1 a year for every 24 trucks), so the roadside record can't confirm the fleet either way.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Jun 2025).
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Dec 2024 – Apr 2025 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
5
60% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
33.3%
1 of 3
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
3
1 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Minnesota (about 4 in 24 months would be typical; 49% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25
vs 230 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.033 0.010
Inspections 0.10 0.28
Violations 0.03 0.17
Critical violations 0.00 0.03

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 20–49 power units, low-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

3 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Sep
    9
    2026
    Minnesota
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • May
    1
    2026
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Sandmuddirtoil or gravel road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    19
    2024
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Snow road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Minnesota (HQ) 5