# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003020526 — DIESEL FUEL — SPRUCE PINE, NC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003020526  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2002-06-04  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-06-04 in SPRUCE PINE, NC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2003020526.
Incident date: 2002-06-04.
Location: SPRUCE PINE, NC.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: CASON COMPANIES INC.
Shipper: CASON COMPANIES INC.
Materials: NA1993; DIESEL FUEL; hazard class 3; 1000 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug); Hose; Loading or Unloading Lines; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=ZQtAP3tSSFrvpv9VfX2MLA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `df5a9e94a321ad8865660319ee2d0bd7d05ee0748e4e2fbfa28a75b4ea685eea`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T10:18:49.791Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2003020526`

### Source metadata

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