Getting winched out, how does your company view this?

Your poll confuses me. Yes or No doesn’t make sense when the question is whether it’s an accident OR incident. I think the bigger question is if it’s considered preventable and I think in all of your examples the answer is yes.

 

What happened that you needed to have a Tow/recovery truck show up.

 

If you pull on to a soft shoulder and got stuck, that was preventable.
Slid off in the snow? Always preventable because you should have been aware of conditions before you got there.
Backing into a dock in muddy conditions... again, preventable. Check the conditions before you put your truck in it.

Assuming no damage to the truck in each case, and if your company does not track things too closely, you have one option to avoid a preventable accident on your record.
Have enough money to call and pay for the tow truck to drag you out, instead of calling the company for help.

There are no 'incidents' as far as a company is concerned, only accidents.

And as Terlingua stated, your question and poll answers do not correspond.

 

@Mototom you need to change the poll. Everything is an "incident" whether or not it's preventable, or non-preventable. Maybe get with the mods an delete the thread, or ask them to change the poll questions.

 

I think getting stuck is an incident. These days that could mean anything and could affect your career for years. I'm sure the boss thinks getting stuck was preventable, sitting in their office chairs, and you should know what looks iffy, I've never been towed in all my years, but it can happen. The way things are today, it's almost better to pay the bill yourself, and not tell the boss.

 

Yes it's ALWAYS going to be the drivers fault......
End of conversation

 

To be clear, getting stuck in a dock or parking lot isn't the same as making your own exit ramp on a highway. THAT, I think, would be considered a chargeable.