# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2016030131 — DIESEL FUEL — GEORGIANA, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2016030131  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2016-01-25  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2016-01-25 in GEORGIANA, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2016030131.
Incident date: 2016-01-25.
Location: GEORGIANA, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: MIDDLETON OIL CO INC.
Shipper: MIDDLETON OIL CO INC.
Materials: NA1993; DIESEL FUEL; hazard class 3; 10 LGA released.
What failed: Manway or Dome Cover.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident.
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://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=fdOsK1tZCFG1AUK%2BYcxHOg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `66e108a0504187b358c260987f40f5d8be737e007bc11c155407e98e2f0ebbfe`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T12:06:50.155Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2016030131`

### Source metadata

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