How long do incidents stay on your employment record?

When they ask on the application to list all wrecks, don't lie.
They will be on your record forever. Most companies however don't care after 3 years.

 

Theyll stay as long as you list that company as a reference or as long as that company keeps blabbing on you.

This isn't a govt thing.

 

Legally. You don't. You have to list them.
As a practical matter if you don't list them you better be good a lying. Mainly because your record of employment is listed in places that can be looked up.
Hireright being the biggest one, but evenif not used you will be caught lying.
For example, you are very likely in the insurance database for those wrecks, even if the company is self insured.

Just be honest on the application. Both wrecks are really minor and should pose no hurdle if you are truthful in disclosing them.

 

Too many people try and mince words.
You did damage to equipment you were driving. That's a wreck. You can try and make it seem like you didn't do anything wrong by calling it an incident, but that's just a feel good label.

 

The broken steer axle is a wreck.
The yield sign is usually an incident unless serious damage is involved.
There are companies that will hire you though; just have to keep applying.
Both are on your DAC report which is why you're having problems finding another job.
www.hireright.com is where you get a copy of your DAC report.

 

Because you did not have a DOT inspection done. And those incidents are viewed with the same type of scrutiny as if you hit a tree! It wasn't intentional and damage occurred.

 

With most carriers, incidents/accidents will have no expiration date. Like most everything else in life you "expire" them by making your pickups and deliveries and not hitting things or tearing up stuff. Over time they will lose their significance! You keep hitting things and they have a tendency to get real "sticky" and stay there! Get my drift?????