dot physical

[countryman]

I am a full time driver in PA and have found out I have diabetes and will have to start taking insulin and won't pass my dot physical. Do they have to give me a position inside or will I get fired. We have a part time preload and reload. I was wondering if anyone else has ever encountered a similar situation.

 

[Jones]

Once you get to where you can maintain stable blood sugar levels by taking insulin orally, you can drive, but nothing bigger than a sprinter. My understanding is that if you can't get stable on the pills, and have to inject with a needle on a daily basis, you can't drive at all. This has happened to two guys in my building, and both worked inside until they were able to get back on the road. They got their 8 hours in by split shifting pre-load and local sort. I think you're under the Atlantic Area supplement so that's probably what you're looking at as well. You won't get fired.

 

[Catatonic]

I am a full time driver in PA and have found out I have diabetes and will have to start taking insulin and won't pass my dot physical. Do they have to give me a position inside or will I get fired. We have a part time preload and reload. I was wondering if anyone else has ever encountered a similar situation.

First - notify your management.
Second - Notify the Union and get them involved ... that's what you pay them for.

 

[soberups]

You cannot be fired, it violates both the contract and the Americans with Disabilities act.

We have guys here who have lost their DOT cards for medical reasons and they work inside now. They get a 22.3 job.

 

[Big Babooba]

Once you get to where you can maintain stable blood sugar levels by taking insulin orally, you can drive, but nothing bigger than a sprinter. My understanding is that if you can't get stable on the pills, and have to inject with a needle on a daily basis, you can't drive at all. This has happened to two guys in my building, and both worked inside until they were able to get back on the road. They got their 8 hours in by split shifting pre-load and local sort. I think you're under the Atlantic Area supplement so that's probably what you're looking at as well. You won't get fired.

We had a driver who was on pills. I believe he was taking Diabenese. He drove a P800 until he retired.

 

[ajblakejr]

Diabetes.

First - Take care of yourself.

Second - If you can get to the point were you can control it with diet...lose the weight / start working out / just do it.

Review the advice provided in previous posts.

The complications of diabetes can shorten your life and destroy the quaility of your current life.

And forgive me for mentioning this but I found this the most important tool to get a few men that I know to take control of their Diabetes.

Complication of Diabetes ---- ED ... and Cialis / Viagra can't give you a tempory fix on that complication.

 

[Catatonic]

And forgive me for mentioning this but I found this the most important tool to get a few men that I know to take control of their Diabetes.

Complication of Diabetes ---- ED ... and Cialis / Viagra can't give you a temporary fix on that complication.

I forgive you.

 

[Jones]

We had a driver who was on pills. I believe he was taking Diabenese. He drove a P800 until he retired.

Do tell. Most of what I know comes from talking to the drivers involved. My understanding, and theirs, is that DOT regs prohibit diabetics from operating commercial vehicles over a certain weight limit. I can't remember off the top of my head precisely what that limit is, but the sprinter vans with the tall roof were the largest vehicles we had that were under it. A P800 would be way over. They would absolutely love to hear some precedent for the company allowing a diabetic driver to operate a larger vehicle.

 

[Big Babooba]

Do tell. Most of what I know comes from talking to the drivers involved. My understanding, and theirs, is that DOT regs prohibit diabetics from operating commercial vehicles over a certain weight limit. I can't remember off the top of my head precisely what that limit is, but the sprinter vans with the tall roof were the largest vehicles we had that were under it. A P800 would be way over. They would absolutely love to hear some precedent for the company allowing a diabetic driver to operate a larger vehicle.

That's all the info I know. I haven't seen him in years. I questioned him about his diabetes because we had another driver who lost his DOT card because of it. He told me that as long as he wasn't on insulin, he wasn't disqualified from driving.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

Driver here just retired, was a diabetic. They took him off the road years ago and made a job for him.

 

[JonFrum]

I am a full time driver in PA and have found out I have diabetes and will have to start taking insulin and won't pass my dot physical. Do they have to give me a position inside or will I get fired. We have a part time preload and reload. I was wondering if anyone else has ever encountered a similar situation.

Yes, Countryman. A UPSer named Murphy. UPS fired Murphy and then took the case all the way to the Supreme Court! See article about Murphy vs. UPS here . . .
http://pupsinc.homestead.com/naber1.html

That nasty attitude by UPS upset Congress, so they clarified the ADA, effective Jan. 1, 2009. You should now be covered by the ADA.

See Articles 14 and 16 of the Contract, as well as any relevant language in your regional Supplement.

 

[JonFrum]

Also Contract Article 20, and the ADA website . . .
http://www.ada.gov/

 

[Jones]

Yes, Countryman. A UPSer named Murphy. UPS fired Murphy and then took the case all the way to the Supreme Court! See article about Murphy vs. UPS here . . .
http://pupsinc.homestead.com/naber1.html

That nasty attitude by UPS upset Congress, so they clarified the ADA, effective Jan. 1, 2009. You should now be covered by the ADA.

See Articles 14 and 16 of the Contract, as well as any relevant language in your regional Supplement.

Excellent article from Naber, I should visit that site more often. I saw this on the same page:

[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Former UPS worker awarded $2.63 million
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[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]A federal jury last month to award Jones a whopping $2.63 million in damages, including $2 million in punitive damages.
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[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]“We were able to show the outrageous and brazen fashion in which UPS retaliated against Mr. Jones through evidence of, among other things, repeatedly and admittedly sabotaging his efforts to return to work after he filed a workers’ compensation claim,” one of Jones’ attorneys, Frederic D. Deay II, said in an e-mail."[/FONT]

Guess I'm the wrong jones, since I still have to go to work next week...

 

[over9five]

Welcome to BrownCafe, Countryman! I hope you will keep us updated on what happens.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

Excellent article from Naber, I should visit that site more often. I saw this on the same page:

[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Former UPS worker awarded $2.63 million [/FONT]​

[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]A federal jury last month to award Jones a whopping $2.63 million in damages, including $2 million in punitive damages.[/FONT]​

[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]“We were able to show the outrageous and brazen fashion in which UPS retaliated against Mr. Jones through evidence of, among other things, repeatedly and admittedly sabotaging his efforts to return to work after he filed a workers’ compensation claim,” one of Jones’ attorneys, Frederic D. Deay II, said in an e-mail."[/FONT]

Guess I'm the wrong jones, since I still have to go to work next week...

It sure is hard, keeping up with you Jones-es.