Fired for one accident?

Is this fence part of shipper or consignee property? If not, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

Then report that incident ASAP to your company as outlined in the company's policy.

Make the report before the other party claims the damage and your company has to contact you to ask questions.

Damages caused while backing/maneuvering have the highest occurrence in accident statistics.

 

When 5 truckers on the bench next to the dock you are trying to back into show a great deal of interest in you, and your trailer in particular. Don't you think it's time to hop out and go back for a look Mr Sparky?

That's one situation that happened to me. Turned out there was a Pete and it's left fender, wheel, hood and can I was fixing to take out due to a geometry of the situation. The thing that got me was that I only saw one set of what was supposed to be two sets of headlights in the mirror on the right. And then the realization that the 5 spotters on the bench were all moving the eyes following the rear of the trailer at the same time I must be the main attraction shortly. So I stopped and had a look.

Some of my biggest and most difficult accidents are those when a crew boss, foreman or even a yard manager is told by me specifically what will happen if that truck is moved by me. We are going to break stuff and cost money.

Boom. Yup. It broke, and yes it's expensive just like I warned you all. One in particular I actually quit. And on the way to the car I hear that Crunch then a rip. Plus a whole lot of hollaring.

Don't look at me, I did nothing I quit. Bye. Ive wondered what that rip was. The closest I could imagine would be the entire radiator, front end bumper and hooks taken away along with possibly the front axle.

If you are looking to get fired?

1- Roll over. Make sure it goes all the way over onto the roof breaking many bones as you rotate inside the cab breaking more sttuff. IF you broke certain bones and joints, and the thing catches fire guess what? you get to burn because mobility is out of the question.

2- Hit people and hurt them. Also prepare for a civil action lawsuit inbound against you. (I fought off two in my lifetime but for me it was a Pyrrhic victory. The economic losses totaled years of non OTR work. However the one was essentially laughed out before it went to trial when it turned out the victim had been doctor shopping for narcotics that he liked so much. The early form of Maryland Prescription Monitoring saved me in that time period.

3- Commit a crime that is simply not allowed to exist after the fact. You will be eliminated from the company and thrown to the wolves.That's why we generally do not take children into the tractors. Once in a great while Ive taken children for rides. But the level of supervision from parents involved in the activity was very strong to make sure that if I missed a gear for instance the boy or girl does not trip and fall over against something. No company wants to be presented with a bill like that. Especially without passenger authorization.

Sometimes you get sick. When I have been sick, it is absolute classic for at some point when the higher reasoning fails and I am not doing well, I run off instinct to call home first and then attempt to be there with the truck, load or not etc. at that point everyone has a problem. Companies tolerate this because they know that if you did not make it too far or close to home, you will end up stopping somewhere when you got too sick to holder on the road. That becomes at that point a ER or Trauma visit to evaluate and fix it. It will be a while.

No one fires anyone in this situation. I was once put up as stolen load stolen rig on about 14 seperate State Polices up and downt he east coast, NE in particular. It has been 4 days. stops were missed and so on. Appendix needed removal. And it was the morning of the day 5 after I had made a epic 9 hour straight through back to the house with the truck and all.

The load? It was a 24 drop monster plus Frozen. The doctor imposed a no work order against me for 6 weeks. I was back in three. Lumping freight from the trailer as usual, sometimes twice a day to and from. It was fortune that the closure was very good, but at the same time that whole area is essentially one solid scar tissue now. Once some intestines were rerouted and cleared out better there was no problem.

Not so fortune to have lost a number of shippers who essentially told where the company and it's harem of very sick misfits can be told to jump off...

 

I wouldn’t fire my driver for his accident.. if he cashed out on damages. Lol