Jb hunt “preventable accident”

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  1. Djerry96

    Djerry96 Bobtail Member

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    Hey everyone so recently I backed up to this little lift/ramp I push it just a little bit now the store is claiming I damaged a little wooding stick that was holding up the outlet for the power and the video shows I pushed it but in the video it doesn’t show the little pole that’s how small it was and it was a bunch of trucks there that day now the company is putting this on my record as a preventable accident with just proof of a video of me pushing the little lift, what can I do to get this off my record because they’re just believing what the store is saying without understanding anything
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Your company can just not list it.
    Some of those stores do that to make money. Every truck that backs into the dock or ramp, gets charged for damages. Some stores make a lot of money charging hundreds of dollars, several times a day.
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    Every company that had a truck back in there that day, got a bill for dock/lift repairs. It's an old scam.
     
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  4. Djerry96

    Djerry96 Bobtail Member

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    Yea but they’re putting it as a preventable accident because of the little pole that broke so now I have this bs on my record that shouldn’t be, do you know how I could fight this would I need a lawyer ?
     
  5. JonJon78

    JonJon78 Road Train Member

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    Why shouldn't it be on your record? You damaged someone else's property, no matter how small this pole was, it's not yours.

    Next time get out and look. G.O.A.L
     
  6. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    It's not that big of a deal. Drivers back into things all the time, especially when they're inexperienced. No need to get a lawyer. You still have a job with JB Hunt?
     
  7. Opus

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    Was going to say, if it don't look like when you showed up when you leave, it's a preventable accident.
     
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  8. Djerry96

    Djerry96 Bobtail Member

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    Clearly you didn’t read what I said I said they have no proof that I did it the video only showed me bumping the lift which happens all the time so without proof that I did it and just taking the customers word for it without investigating it seems wrong to me
     
  9. Djerry96

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    And I actually did get out and look there was so much trash there you couldn’t even tell the stick was there
     
  10. Chinatown

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    It's a money scam from the company he delivered to.
     
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  11. Antinomian

    Antinomian Road Train Member

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    Swift did something similar to me once. Not much you can do about it. They'll say whatever they want to say. Fortunately, no company I applied to after leaving Swift paid any attention to it. Everybody knows how this industry works. If they need drivers they'll overlook anything trivial. If they don't then they might use it as an excuse to blow you off.

    Having said all that... you did hit a stationary object. Do better. Trucks are heavy.
     
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