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Are your OverFill Protection probes fail safe?

A Civacon overfill protection probe recently failed to shut down a fuel terminal loading gantry when the compartment was overloaded due to human error. The probe was similar to probes that had been previously subject to
an Australia wide industry recall in 2012, the probes distributed by Treloar Group Pty Limited.

Authorised Inspection Locations:

  • do you suspect any of your customers are still using glass tipped Civacon probes?
  • have you spoken to your customers about the risk of using these glass tipped Civacon probes?
  • do you pay extra attention to tankers with a built date of before March 2012? (as they may be fitted with glass tipped Civacon probes)
  • do you pay extra attention to vehicles fitted with Treloar hatches or hatch equipment? ( as they may be fitted with glass tipped Civacon probes)

Tanker Owner:

  • do you suspect any of your tankers are still using glass tipped Civacon probes?
  • have you spoken to your maintenance provider about the risk of using these glass tipped Civacon probes?
  • was any of your tankers built before March 2012? (as they may be fitted with glass tipped Civacon probes)
  • is any of your tankers fitted with Treloar hatches or hatch equipment? (as they may be fitted with glass tipped Civacon probes)

If your driver makes a mistake and overloads a compartment on his/her tanker and the overfill protection probe fails to shut down the loading system, the potential for a catastrophic event including loss of life is extremely high, protect your drivers and your assets by ensuring you are not still operating equipment fitted with glass tipped Civacon probes.

 

PROBE ALERT FLYER

Regards
All enquires, please contact:

Lee Stringer
SLP Manager [email protected]

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