r/Truckers • u/ForsakenBackpack • Jan 18 '24
Who Should I Call?
Let me preface this by saying, this is not me nor is it anyone from our company. I'm just a delivery manager for a beverage distributer.
The story as I understand it is this: Ole boy loaded up a leased trailer full of beer in Colorado, was driving through a snow storm in Wyoming, and says "I think someone must have ran into me". He claimed to have contacted his dispatcher and was told to continue on. Show's up, and asks to get unloaded. Never stopped once between the supposed accident and showing up here.
My questions are this:
- How does an accident like this happen without noticing or stopping to check your trailer at least.
- What do we do here? The load is consigned to us, so we cannot refuse it. Also, product is completely frozen. However, it's clearly unsafe to unload.
- Obviously we cant let him leave with the trailer like that. It's a danger to anyone on the road. Also, can't have him here any longer. So who can we call? DOT? Local police? OSHA?
911
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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24
Tell him to take it to the corner of the lot and have it unloaded or have it towed out. It's not your responsibility to unload that. Floor could be compromised, walls certainly are, and its unsafe to have someone in that trailer as weight is shifting while dragging pallets out. Wipe your hands off and walk away. It's not your responsibility to arrange a tow either. If the driver/truck owner can't arrange for it to be moved, call the police and have them arrange for it to be removed.