# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2011090537 — DIESEL FUEL — SAUGUS, MA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2011090537  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2011-07-23  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2011-07-23 in SAUGUS, MA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2011090537.
Incident date: 2011-07-23.
Location: SAUGUS, MA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: P. J. MURPHY TRANSPORTATION, INC..
Shipper: IRVING OIL TERMINAL.
Materials: NA1993; DIESEL FUEL; hazard class 3; 500 LGA released | UN1203; GASOLINE INCLUDES GASOLINE MIXED WITH ETHYL ALCOHOL, WITH NOT MORE THAN 10% ALCOHOL; hazard class 3; 10001 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Shell.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Explosion, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage.
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=DQDsh7iswCwMggD09tR0iQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `b3fd9ede88a85fbc27d483baf3c869df01ff323510588c5322d4fc4caf14a75d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T05:00:51.843Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2011090537`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
    "ROUTE 1/BROADWAY NORTH"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "SAUGUS"
  ],
  "states": [
    "MA"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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  ],
  "materials": [
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      "quantityReleased": "500",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
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      "outerShipmentCount": "0",
      "outerFailedCount": "0",
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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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```