AMERICAN WASTE SYSTEMS INC

DOT# 488486 MC# 806842 Union, MI Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(269) 641-7502 15621 Mason St, Union MI 49130-0065
16 power units · all owned 7 drivers
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
34 yrs history · 6 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
16
Drivers · CDL
7 · 7
Annual miles
372k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 16 0 0 16
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (07-14-2004) · 22 yr old
Registered
06-22-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-11-2024 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
GINA HARMAN
Officer
TOMMY HARMAN

Cargo

28.9
low risk
Other: DRY WASTE, GARBAGE AND TRASH Garbage/Refuse

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

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

6 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

80% likely range 0.41×–2.05×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.3

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (16 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Higher so far, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. Too few crashes to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 9% above typical.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.77× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +5%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Cargo securement and wheels & hubs
    Cargo securement are 5 of 12 violations (42%). Cargo securement or wheels & hub defects led to 5 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
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, Sep 2024 – Mar 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
6
33% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
66.7%
4 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
16.7%
1 of 6
National avg 6.7%
Violations
12
6 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 1,090 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.031 0.018
Inspections 0.31 0.53
Violations 0.38 0.37
Critical violations 0.12 0.06

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 10–19 power units, low-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

12 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    10 · 5 OOS
    Cargo securement 5 · Wheels & hubs 1 · Other parts 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 1
  • Hours of service 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
  • Dec
    11
    2025
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · MICHIGAN MILLERS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO
on record since May 14, 2022 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Nov 2012
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jun 14, 2022)

Who insures fleets like this →

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
  • Indiana 4
  • Michigan (HQ) 2