BENTON M HAYDEN AND SONS EXCAVATING INC
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- MICHAEL BRYANT
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2018-05-31
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2023-08-23
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares officers with 30 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
7 events- 08/23/2023MCS-150 update filed
0.1M mi reported (2022)
- 09/27/2022Insurance filed — SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHEAST
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy S 2541513
- 09/27/2022Insurance replaced — THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy EBA 055 32 76
- 11/27/2019MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
- 11/14/2019Insurance cancelled — PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 8213633
- 02/07/2019MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (11/20/2019)
- 05/31/2018Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2023-08-23
- Reported mileage
- 90,000 mi (2022)
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