MITZEL & SONS INC
Aberdeen, SD · MC 240347
MITZEL & SONS INC (USDOT 812, MC 240347), a carrier in Aberdeen, South Dakota, lists 6 power units and 6 drivers on its MCS-150. Inspectors identified 3 different power units by VIN over two years, fewer than the 6 it reports. It reported 93,643 miles for 2025, about 15,607 per power unit.
From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus
Company identity and reported operations
| USDOT number | 812 |
|---|---|
| Legal name | MITZEL & SONS INC |
| Doing business as / DBA | Not reported |
| MC docket identifiers | MC 240347 |
| Reported physical address | 38391 US HWY 12, ABERDEEN, SD, 57401, US |
| Reported business phone | (605) 225-7464 |
| Reported power units | 6 |
| Reported drivers | 6 |
| Reported MCS-150 date | Aug 26, 2025 |
| Company officers (as filed) | Amy L Kampa, Don Mitzel |
| Carrier operation | Interstate |
| Entity type | Carrier |
| Hazmat indicator | No |
| Business organization (recorded at review) | Corporation |
| Census status code | A |
| Safety rating | Not reported |
| Safety rating date | Not reported |
Fleet, equipment and drivers
MITZEL & SONS INC reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.
No change in power units or drivers since CarrierTrail first recorded this carrier on Sep 12, 2026.
Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.
Public inspection, violation and crash summary
FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.
3 roadside inspections between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 2 states. Inspected in 2 of 25 months; busiest Jan 2025 with 2.
| Inspections | 3 |
|---|---|
| Driver out-of-service rate | 0.0% (0 of 3) |
| Vehicle out-of-service rate | 100.0% (1 of 1) |
| Violations | 2 across 1 inspections |
| Out-of-service violations | 1 |
| Crashes | 0 |
| Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| Fatalities / injuries reported | 0 / 0 |
Most frequent published violation codes
39375A3TAOLTires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS139395A1Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated.1
Crash involvement does not establish fault. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.
Compare the reported Aberdeen record
MITZEL & SONS INC reports 6 power units. The Aberdeen, South Dakota directory contains 404 census records, of which 343 report at least one power unit.
Reported cargo and business classification
MITZEL & SONS INC reports PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 5 cargo categories.
- Machinery and large objects
- Livestock
- Grain, feed and hay
- Dry bulk commodities
- Other: FERTILIZER
Fleet size in local context
| Power units | Records | Share of all city records |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 61 | 15.1% |
| 1 | 179 | 44.3% |
| 2–5 | 112 | 27.7% |
| 6–20: this carrier’s band | 42 | 10.4% |
| 21–100 | 6 | 1.5% |
| Over 100 | 4 | 1.0% |
| Unknown / other | 0 | 0.0% |
Record dates and observed changes
- Added to the census (not company founding date)
- Jun 01, 1974
- Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
- Aug 26, 2025
- Census source publication
- Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
- First observed by CarrierTrail
- Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC
Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.
Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.
No public-field changes are recorded in our observation window for this carrier. This does not mean the carrier never changed its details; tracking begins at the first observation shown above.
Authority and insurance
No matching authority or insurance filings were found in the latest check.
Shared contact details
How many other records in the current FMCSA census report the same phone number or the same physical address as USDOT 812. Companies share offices, agents and phone lines for ordinary reasons; a match is context to check, not a finding.
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Machinery and large objectsDry bulk commodities
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