# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2017020176 — DIESEL FUEL — GORHAM, ME

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2017020176  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2016-09-22  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2016-09-22 in GORHAM, ME.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2017020176.
Incident date: 2016-09-22.
Location: GORHAM, ME.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: FABIAN OIL INC..
Shipper: GULF OIL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
Materials: NA1993; DIESEL FUEL; hazard class 3; 500 LGA released | UN1203; GASOLINE, CASINGHEAD; hazard class 3; 500 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Human Error / 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=I0Kmt0jsz7pVa0R6g25ckQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `6fa982ebe3bc7a8a8a211420989a77006008cd5df09700fec70ad751f3c3c636`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T05:41:23.574Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2017020176`

### Source metadata

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  ],
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    },
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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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}
```