A Reno driver lost his job due to several bad decisions that he made.
As I understand the facts he left Reno and did not have is HazMat paperwork. My guess is that the paperwork was printed late Friday night/Saturday morning and the HazMat portion was not printed due to not being billed correctly.
He left Reno early Monday morning and would have had to acknowledge that he had correct paperwork on the Qualcomm. For what ever reason he left without it.
About 0500 he fell asleep and laid the set over. While he admitted he fell asleep there was a spill and the company terminated him.
One thing comes to mind is that OHFL has always printed dispatch paperwork even though there is uncompleted billing on the loads. I have questioned upper management about this in the past and the response has always been "we don't have time to check on this." Maybe it is time to start taking the time. And also,follow the company policy of dock supervisors signing off on loads before they are sealed.
Unfortunately the driver his now hung out and is opened to fines and loss of license due to his poor judgement. And I bet Oak comes after him for cleanup cost.
He was a long-term employee and I bet he could have kept his job due to the fact that he was honest about falling asleep, but the no paperwork pushed him over the top.
I wish him well.
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Oregon State Police news via FlashAlert.Net Truck Driver Cited Following Fatigue-Related Traffic Crash - Highway 31 / Highway 97 Junction south of LaPine (Photos) - 09/09/13
As I understand the facts he left Reno and did not have is HazMat paperwork. My guess is that the paperwork was printed late Friday night/Saturday morning and the HazMat portion was not printed due to not being billed correctly.
He left Reno early Monday morning and would have had to acknowledge that he had correct paperwork on the Qualcomm. For what ever reason he left without it.
About 0500 he fell asleep and laid the set over. While he admitted he fell asleep there was a spill and the company terminated him.
One thing comes to mind is that OHFL has always printed dispatch paperwork even though there is uncompleted billing on the loads. I have questioned upper management about this in the past and the response has always been "we don't have time to check on this." Maybe it is time to start taking the time. And also,follow the company policy of dock supervisors signing off on loads before they are sealed.
Unfortunately the driver his now hung out and is opened to fines and loss of license due to his poor judgement. And I bet Oak comes after him for cleanup cost.
He was a long-term employee and I bet he could have kept his job due to the fact that he was honest about falling asleep, but the no paperwork pushed him over the top.
I wish him well.
http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2013-09/1002/67434/090913.hwy97.hwy31.2.jpg
Oregon State Police news via FlashAlert.Net Truck Driver Cited Following Fatigue-Related Traffic Crash - Highway 31 / Highway 97 Junction south of LaPine (Photos) - 09/09/13