# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003120496 — DIESEL FUEL — LOWELL, ID

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003120496  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2003-11-13  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2003-11-13 in LOWELL, ID.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2003120496.
Incident date: 2003-11-13.
Location: LOWELL, ID.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: TREMPER DISTRIBUTING INC.
Shipper: TREMPER DISTRIBUTING INC.
Materials: NA1993; DIESEL FUEL; hazard class 3; 6300 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured; Cracked; Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage.
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://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `336a5c0ffb837a6e63a097003e5ce0c5b83f2ea1ce0f8e2a35d6594e1ed7d1eb`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T08:07:36.211Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2003120496`

### Source metadata

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    "US HIGHWAY 12, MILE 108.5"
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  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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}
```