YRC

It WAS an Accident and you DID FAIL to Report it.

That's one Reason Every Driver Needs To C.Y.A.
Cover Your Action.
PICTURES and More Pictures and NAMES of Who Said What, When and How.
Days of "He/She said" have been long gone.
RECORDING People Speaking is NOT Against Any "law".
Police and other Enforcement Personnel do such everyday.

YRC is not at fault. They, like MANY companies have specific Rules & Regulations which are usually dispersed during ORIENTATIONS.

Good Luck Going Forward.

 

YRC is a dumpster fire anyways. Probably a blessing in disguise. Anyone that hasn’t done LTL long term doesn’t understand what happened to you. I’ve had similar instances many times as well as many of my coworkers. The T/M should be called on the carpet by the Union. In the old days SHE would be on the hot plate not you for raising her voice at you. Alas, those days are gone. Working for someone like her would be toxic anyways. Head up and move on to something better. I lost a 1500$ safety bonus over a 20$ traffic cone one time because I reported it. Blindside backing into a dock and it got caught in my duals as it was blocking an inoperative dock. Ripped it in two. Guy said don’t worry about it I have another one. Regular stop for me. I reported it, they didn’t but company gave me a chargeable.

 

You must ALWAYS report every accident/incident no matter how trivial it may seem. Even if the property owners says "No big deal." Let your boss know, more often than not you will not get discipline if it's a trivial thing, but own it if you do. It's not the end of your career(unless you're accident prone)...
I scraped a banged up dumpster with an already banged up trailer once. Nothing more than a little paint exchange. Called it in to supervisor, notified the customer, end of story. If I had not stopped and owned it, I may have gotten away with it, but I may have also been caught and fired for not reporting. Honesty is the best policy concerning this.

 

A former co-worker I knew was accused of damaging a customer's business sign once while swinging in for a delivery. The driver argued with the customer that the sign was already damaged and could see no evidence that he was at fault. He finished the delivery and moved on without reporting it.
2 weeks later his supervisor was blindsided by a call from the police claiming they had a report of his driver leaving the scene of an accident.
The driver was fired that day. If he had just stopped and called it in for investigation, he may have gotten off the hook...
Bad choice on his part.

 

A bit more advice, if you really do have her on tape screaming at you I would be forwarding that to HR at YRC as well as the Union rep. What was your status with the union. I was not aware that there is a “probation period” if you were a full time employee and member of the union. Part timers back in the day were casuals but were still afforded many of the benefits of union protect short of hour guarantees. If she summoned you to her office for disciplinary action there should have been a union steward present

 

So you caused an accident, didn't report it, and got fired. Then you want to blame her, instead of yourself.

If you hit a rock wall hard enough to knock it apart, i guarantee you that did some damage to the trailer as well.

Tell you what, give me the keys to your car, and let me run it into a rock wall hard enough to damage the wall, and see if you still think its a nothing burger.

Coming here, and ratting yourself out is absolutely ridiculous.

If you need a clearer look at the problem, find a mirror, and have a good long look at it.

Oh and try not to run into the mirror and break it.

 

Yeah, man...sorry, but the first thing we drivers look for is someone who minimizes their side of things. You had an accident. You didn't report it. The company found out. You were fired. Regardless of details like people being mean to you and hurting your feelings, that's what happened.

 

I can sum this up in 3 words: "You," "Fouled," and "Up."