Does this count as an accident?? Advice!

door hinges from every company i worked for, were known as an incident....however, that was our trailers..you hit another trailer, which YOUR company can consider to be an accident.

door hinges have a dollar value. the light weight "white metal" ones are cheaper to replace. the H.D. steel ones cost more, as well as any door frame damage that it may cause.

so this will only be on your personnel file and YOUR company records....NO DMV, or police records

now, depending on your newness to the industry and THAT company you are with now, this can just be a "cut the carpet with safety", up to a firing for damages.....

if that company trailer you hit slid in any way on the pavement, they (that company you hit), can claim landing gear damages as well, and frankly, your company cannot really fight that, since YOU DID cause an incident (or accident) depending on how your company lists this.

good luck, next time, GOAL, and be careful.

 

Your company has nothing to do with your MVR or PSP, and can not place any entries on them. A company can only affect your DAC, and inquiries from other prospective companies when they are given a release for info signed by you.

 

Not on your record, unless maybe if the insurance pays out, but, and I hate to be the cranky old boss, but what you running into trailers for tearing doors off? Of the literally thousands and thousands of times I pulled trailers out, I never tore a door off.It's not a chargable, but I think should be. Sorry, there's no excuse for that. Stern lecture over, now watch those mirrors!!!

 

you are really slipping these days....fellow "old timer"......

why did you NOT warn him of sticking his warm tongue on an icy flagpole..????

 

You almost had it right. There is no release info needed from prospective companies. They can ask anything they want. The current company can also answer anything they want (as long as it's true, libel laws apply).
The myth of "name, rehire, and dates" is just that, a myth.

 

Well it will with your company.. it’s called a preventable... but, not on your MVR

 

My smart as all brother did that, and it was the funniest thing I ever saw. It was on a old t-bar tow ski lift and the scream at the top was loud.

 

It is what they want to call it. I would be concern about being fired because if you rippe hinges off a trailer, chances are there is a lot more damage to the trailer than just hinges.

 

You said the key phrase; "I'll learn from it."
Many don't, and they make a habit of it, and then wonder why they're told to hit the bricks.
Move on, older and wiser. Good luck.

And remember my fathers words of encouragement to me:
Most people "Live and Learn."
We're gonna change it for you to: "Live and DON'T learn."