. FOREWORD SAFETY INFORMATION Safety labels Example of safety label using words 1 - 6 Safety labels ar e affixed to the machine to inf orm the operator or maintenance worke r on the spot w hen carrying out operation or maintenance of the machine that may involve hazard. This machine us es "Safety labels using words " and "Safety labels using pi ctograms" to indicat e safety procedures. Safety labels usin g pictogram ms use a picture to express a level of hazardous Safety pictogra condition equiva lent to the signal word. Thes e safety pictograms use pictures in order to let the operator or m aintenance worker understand the level and type of hazardous c ondition at all times.
Safety pictogra ms show the type of hazardous condition at the top or left side, and the method of avoiding the haz ardous condition at the bottom or right side. In addition, the type of hazardous condition is disp layed inside a triangle and the method of avoiding the hazardous c ondition is shown inside a cir cle. Komatsu canno t predict every circumstance t hat might involve a potentia l hazard in o peratio n and maintenance. Therefore, the s afety messages in this manual and on the machine may no t include all possible safety precautions.
If any procedur es or actions not specificall thi use your responsibility to take the necessary steps to e In no event sho uld you engage in prohibited u ses or actions described in this manual The explanation s, values, and illustrations in t his manual were prepared b ased on the latest i nformation available at that time. Co ntinuing improvements in the design of this machine can lead to c hanges in d etail w hich may not be reflected in th is manual. Consult Komatsu or your Komatsu distributor f or the latest availabl e information of your machine or for questions regarding informati on in this manual.
The numbers in circles in the illustrations corr espond to the numbers in ( ) in t he text . (For e xampl e: 1 -> (1))