COLE PAPERS INC
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 43
- Drivers · CDL
- 45 · 40
- Annual miles
- 1.1M
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Tractors | 8 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| Trailers | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- Registered
- 06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 12-08-2025 (Biennial Update)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- BRIAN HAUGEN
Cargo
- High-Risk Cargo
- General Freight
Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
Expected crash rate is about the same as similar fleets.
Similar fleets: for-hire 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.
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.
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Brakes and lightsBrakes are 7 of 14 violations (50%). Brake or light defects led to 1 out-of-service order.Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
- 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate 10.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
- No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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Dangerous driving: 1
Track record
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.023 | 0.027 |
| Inspections | 0.44 | 1.02 |
| Violations | 0.16 | 0.71 |
| Critical violations | 0.01 | 0.14 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
14 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert12 · 1 OOSBrakes 7 · Lights 3 · Steering & suspension 1 · Other parts 1
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Unsafe driving No alert2 · 0 OOSReckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 1
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Hours of service No alert0
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Driver fitness No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
Jul222026MinnesotaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Jun302026South DakotaProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since- Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
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No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
- Cargo filing
- not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?
Where it happens
- South Dakota 8
- North Dakota (HQ) 6
- Minnesota 4
- Nebraska 3
- Iowa 2
26% of inspections were in its home state.
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (43 power units: 43 filed, 17 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 43 power units this active to have about 1.0 crash a year. This motor carrier recorded 2 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 0.7 a year) — fewer than a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 1.0 over the next 12. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 2 | 0.47 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 6 | 2.30 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-APR-26 – 30-JAN-26) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.