Might Lose My Job

I have been a hazmat tanker driver for 13 months now. Today I backed over an empty oil hose, minor I know but my boss is pretty ****ed and can be a hard ass. If he were to fire me how difficult would it be to find another trucking job. I have two and a half years total tractor trailer experience although was away from trucking for about two years. I have no traffic violations, no DUI s no criminal record. I just have a minor fender bender in my personal car almost two years ago and a brief license suspension for an unpaid parking ticket. Any advice would be helpful

Well, I'm just a rookie but I know my company has certain things they consider very serious and (they say) are grounds for automatic termination, then anything short of that, you're probably ok if it's your first incident and you're a good worker. Your attitude may be important - tell them you know you made a mistake and you'll work to make sure it doesn't happen again. Anyway, that probably goes for the larger companies. I suppose if you work for a small company, they may be more arbitrary.

You didn't run over a person HOLDING the oil hose! You should not have a problem in my opinion. I doubt it is a "legitimate" fireable offense. Good Luck!

Tractor Man suggests:

You didn't run over a person HOLDING the oil hose! You should not have a problem in my opinion. I doubt it is a "legitimate" fireable offense. Good Luck!

I agree. If they happen to fire you over this, you should not have any problems finding something new.

Good luck and if you can please let us know how this turns out for you.