MORRIS EXCAVATING INC

LOCKPORT, IL

Brokers & shippers · booking check

Book with caution — review signals below

No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Caution

Common (Property) reinstated · Sep 8, 2017

Policy effective · Aug 13, 2019

Review these

Common (Property) gap · 39 days Inactive Jul 31, 2017 → reinstated Sep 8, 2017
Conditional safety rating Carrier did not meet the safety fitness standard at the last compliance review.

On file

1 active operating authority
Insurance on file · $750,000 ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · 91X Details →
BOC-3 process agent on file dotprocessagents.com llc Details →

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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — MORRIS EXCAVATING INC (USDOT 381309)
Verdict: CAUTION
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Authority / census status: Active
Active BIPD limit: $750,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • Common (Property) gap · 39 days — Inactive Jul 31, 2017 → reinstated Sep 8, 2017
  • Conditional safety rating — Carrier did not meet the safety fitness standard at the last compliance review.

On file:
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $750,000 — ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — dotprocessagents.com llc

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/381309/
As of: Aug 31, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 381309 Active CORPORATION PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Hazmat Conditional rated Company officer: JENNIFER MORRIS Company officer 2: JAMES MORRIS General Freight Motor Vehicles Machinery / Large Objects Construction Based in LOCKPORT, IL

FMCSA census as of Aug 31, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · B

Composite of 5/5 scored components (mean 84/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

B confidence 100% · 5/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD

BIPD active · 100/100

Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.

OOS vs peers

On par with peers · 75/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). n=195701 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating

Conditional · 45/100

Official FMCSA Conditional safety rating.

Insurance-watch tier

Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Caution.

Operating authority

Insurance

1 active liability filing

BOC-3 agent

dotprocessagents.com llc

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 381309

In FMCSA records since Feb 8, 1990 (~36y)

MC / docket MC868185

Entity CORPORATION

Company officer JENNIFER MORRIS

Company officer 2 JAMES MORRIS

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)

Cargo carried

General Freight, Motor Vehicles, Machinery / Large Objects, Construction

Fleet size 5 units

Drivers 5

Annual mileage 20,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (815) 886-4600

Email: [email protected]

Physical

17357 W 147TH STREET

LOCKPORT, IL 60441

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 381309

In FMCSA records since Feb 8, 1990 (~36y)

Entity CORPORATION

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 20,000 mi

Safety Rating Conditional

Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)

Active liability insurance

FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Related filings

Insurance
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Policy effective Aug 13, 2019
Process Agent
dotprocessagents.com llc
BOC-3 on file
Operating Authority
MC868185
ACTIVE

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Truck tractors	3	0	0
Trailers	7	0	0
Trucks	2	0	0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

None in our FMCSA import window (~3 years)

OOS Rate (peak)

—

Crashes

None in last 24 months · all-time on file

Authorities

1 active

Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA has assigned this carrier a Conditional safety rating.

Risk intelligence

Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is Unsafe Driving at 0.0.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 5 power units (small fleet); 5 drivers.

Risk Signals

Authority revoked

1 revocation on record.

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 195,701 ACTIVE carriers operating 2–8 power units (±50% of this carrier's 5 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 195,701 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 195,701 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Authority gap detected (1)

Common (Property) authority was inactive from Jul 31, 2017 to Sep 8, 2017 (39 days)

SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores

BASIC	Serious	Alert	As Of
Driver Fitness	—	—	Aug 31, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	—	—	Aug 31, 2026
Hours of Service	—	—	Aug 31, 2026
Unsafe Driving	—	—	Aug 31, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	—	—	Aug 31, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections

No roadside inspections on file for this carrier in our FMCSA import window.

Public FMCSA inspection feeds cover roughly the last three years of roadside activity (not the full MCMIS archive). Older inspections — including those from before a carrier went inactive — are usually absent for every carrier, not just closed ones. Reportable crash history on this page goes further back; see crashes below or the full crash subpage.

Recent Crashes (5 rows)

Report #	Date ▼	State	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
ILX003477846	Jul 9, 2024	IL	1	Yes	No	Injury
ILX003416547	May 16, 2024	IL	0	Yes	No	Tow
IL0006245308	Nov 10, 2004	IL	1	Yes	No	Injury
IL0006107509	Sep 20, 2003	IL	0	Yes	No	Tow
IL005433656A	Oct 3, 1995	IL	1	Yes	No	Injury

Authority Records (1 docket)

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MC Certificate Documents (2 letters, 1 PDF available)

Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.

Each row is a distinct FMCSA letter (grant, reinstatement, revocation, name change, transfer, etc.). When a PDF is archived, click the link to open that letter. Rows without a link still show the action type and date from our index. FMCSA stopped publishing new daily certificate PDFs after the May 2026 Motus cutover — rows below are historical archive only.

Some letters share the same legacy archived file path — we show one PDF link for the primary document and list the other actions as metadata (type + date) until per-letter PDFs are re-extracted.

Date	Docket	Action	Authority	PDF
Sep 8, 2017	MC868185-C	Reinstatement Letter	Reinstatement	Metadata only
Jun 2, 2014	MC868185-C	Original MC Certificate	Certificate	Original MC Certificate →

Insurance Coverage Timeline (4 rows)

Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.

Insurer	Policy #	Type	Limit	Effective	Cancel	Status
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-Z72995	91X	$750,000	Aug 13, 2019	On file	ACTIVE
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CAZ72995	BIPD/Primary	—	Jun 1, 2017	Aug 13, 2019	REPLACED
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-Z72995	BIPD/Primary	—	Jun 1, 2017	Jun 1, 2017	REPLACED
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	48-838340-00	BIPD/Primary	—	May 23, 2014	Jul 21, 2017	CANCELLED

Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events

Aug 13, 2019

insurance

TERM/REPL — ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Sep 8, 2017

authority

REINSTATED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Jul 31, 2017

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Jul 31, 2017

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
Jul 31, 2017

authority gap

Common (Property) authority inactive: 39 days (through Sep 8, 2017)
Jul 21, 2017

insurance

CANCEL — AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Jun 1, 2017

insurance

TERM/REPL — ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Related Records Cross-references to every adjacent page