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That's a tough one. Good luck with that.

 

I guess they're accidents cause they were done accidentally, but honestly they were minor incients. IMO, ya shouldn't have even been terminated for them, that bein said, I'd mention MINOR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE when it asks why ya were terminated.

 

I wouldn't hold the info back, because if the employer has put ether one or both on your DAC, perspective employers will find out anyways, best be honest, you'll find work sooner or later, best of luck

 

Not really important but I assume you were pulling out of an inside dock when you tore the trailer door off. Correct?
First,, I wouldn't list them as accidents, nor say "I was fired because I had 2 preventable accidents".
Realistically, they were minor property damage INCIDENTS, not accidents. In any driver's first year things like this (careless mistakes) will happen, within reason. They were unusually strict to fire you, unless the "scratch" on the parked tractor looked actually more like a team of lumberjacks wailed on the cab with axes for 30 minutes.

If possible, I'd wait to see if they reported it on your DAC. In any case, I'd simply tell (or note on application) any prospective employer "I was released from (insert name) Trucking Co due to having 2 minor property damage incidents, and very briefly describe each, so they don't "assume" the incidents/damage to be worse than it actually was.

But I also wonder how you received THREE overweight tickets, when you apparently haven't even had 1 year driving? Even when your company intentionally or unintentionally overloads you, or it's due to overaxle but not gross overweight, that fault lies solely with you and you need to learn how to correct that issue/problem.

 

I must be a slacker! I haven't got three overweight tickets in 30 years, and it surely isn't because I never ran overweight!

 

I do the short version,
Pull your MVR,PSP and HireRite report..

Whatever is on mine is all I tell them.
Make employment dates match and so on.

That way anything they find you knew they would in advance...
Anything negative,be upfront with them before they hire you.
9 times out of 10 you get the job....just by being straight up about anything.

It will sometimes get them to overlook a few blemishes on your record.

Those were incidents in my book....Can't see it was a reportable accident except to DAC...

Stuff like that happens ALWAYS take pictures. It could save your arse one day!

 

Do not "Hold Back" any information. They will find out anyway when they contact your past employers to verify your work history. Better to list the accidents, but explain the minor damage, than to have an old employer surprise your prospective employer with the information. If you lie on your application, it will disqualify you from working for that company in the future. If you have accidents on your history, that same employer might hire you later on, when those accidents are over a year old

Better to be honest, than make yourself seem like you are "holding back" anything. While contacting the employer, maybe ask them how you should list minor equipment damage, that was "Not D.O.T. reportable". Let them know up front, and it will only help you, as opposed to hurting you later.

 

Considering that you are coming on here trying to find a way to "spin" things in your favor, it really makes me wonder about you. Instead of trying to put a spin on things, which is just another way of saying lie about things, how about growing up a bit and owning your mistakes. I flatly do not believe they fired you over nothing more than these two extremely minor incidents.