JB HUNT Incident turned accident

I was aware of the "breakaway" feature. I suppose that hitting a "stationary object" was the closest thing to file this under...sucks either way...

 

Were you fired? You aren't really clear on that, unless I missed something.

 

C'mon, folks- 33 years of dodging motorists, low bridges and all manner of hazards. So did this happen at Jubitz?

Maybe, maybe not. Remember, JB has a lot of trucks. I would still feel safe in the jump seat with this driver, cut the man a little slack?

 

Well these mega co's don't care. I've had a co put on my Dax report a...

Non-contact non-preventable accident.

 

I think I was set up, but have no evidence

Hold on...a little clarity please..... are you saying that you holstered the nozzle and while you were paying someone stuck it back in your tank?

 

The official definition of an accident as relayed to me by Mr. Safety:

"Anytime any part of your truck comes in contact with anything other than the road surface."

Naturally that got him ######ole of the month and a strong shot at the quarterly bonus round.

 

I have pulled away from pump with hose in tank twice. First time, about 15 years ago, cost my insurance company about 450 bucks. The truck stop manager said it happens about once a week. Second time i took the nozzle back into fuel desk, they said thanks for returning it, most drivers keep it. No problem with them repairing it,no charge. I said thank you, see ya'll next trip.

 

Only problem I see after the DAC hit will be the log book. Did you do your post trip inspection in the book and not in real life? If you had done the real thing you would have seen the nozzle sticking in the tank. and maybe gotten it back to the fuel stop and stopped any call to the yard.