Recovering from a bad DAC

Looking for advice on how to save my driving career.

Got my CDL 5 years ago. Worked almost a year each for a couple big OTR companies, no problems. Then took a local job. Three months in, dropped a trailer and was fired. Moved to a different company (XPO) and worked there two years. The second year I tore a ligament in my knee getting out of the truck, and missed six months of work. At the end two years (this past December), I left that company to take a couple months off, intending to go back to OTR after a break.

But now I find that the last company has put on my DAC report a couple more accidents and a "would not rehire." I'm guessing one of the accidents was a trailer scrape I reported, and the other was me tearing my ligament, and that's the reason for the "do not rehire." My manager and dispatcher I know loved me, but I'm guessing corporate HR did not like the months of workman's comp.

In any event, I've now been told by three different companies that they cannot hire me based on my DAC, and I am trying to figure out how to rebuild my reputation. I have no tickets or violations, but I have two consecutive companies reporting me as "would not rehire" and an "accident resulting in injury" on my record.

A friend has suggested getting a job driving a box truck for a year before reapplying for Class A jobs. Would that help "rehabilitate" me? Any other suggestions?

Thanks for any help.

 

I'm in the process of relocating to the Spokane, WA area.

 

LOL, I had already been eyeing this company. What makes them a good idea in your eyes? Teamsters?