Komatsu Construction Equipment Operation and Safety Manual

. FOREWORD FOREWORD of when WARNING periodically. 1 - 2 FOREWOR Thi s manual provi precautions in this accidents are cau machines. Accide performing operati on and maintenan use followed at to follow fu all times performing operation and the operation maintenance.

ollow fu ndament al safet forehan Operators and maint enance personnel m ust always do as follows before b eginning op eration or mainte A lways be sure to read and understan d this manual t horoughly before p erforming o peration and mai R ead the safety m essages given in thi s manual and t he safety l abels aff ixed to the machine thorough ly and be sure that nderstand them Kee p this manual at the storage location for the Operati on and Ma intenanc e Manual gi ven below, and h ave all personnel re If th is manual has be en lost or has becom e dirt y and ca nnot be re ad, reque st a replace ment manual imm ediately from Kom or y our Komatsu dis If yo u sell the machin e, be sure to give th is manual to t he new ow ners together with th Komatsu delivers ma chines that comply w ith all applicab le regulati ons and standards of the country to wh ich it has been ship If th is machine has b een purchased in ano ther c ountry o r purchase d from s omeone in a nother country, i t may lack certain s devices and specific ations that are nece ssary for use in your c ountry.

I f there is an y question abou t whether your pro complies with the ap plicable standards a nd regulation s of your c ountry, consult Kom atsu or your Kom atsu distributor b operating the machin e. Storage location fo r the Operation an d Maintenan ce Manu On inside of left do

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. FOREWORD SAFETY INFORMATION Signal words Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury. Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.

Indicates a WARNING to indicate precautions that should be followed to 1 - 5 SAFETY INFORMATIO To enab le you t o use t his machine s afely, safe ty precautions a nd labels are g iven in t his manual and affi xed to the machine giv such situation The ord persona l injury or damage In this m anual a nd on machine labe ls, the following signal wor ds are used to express th e potentia l level of hazard potentially hazardous situ ation which, if not avoide d, may re sult in minor or jury. This word is used als o to alert agai nst unsafe practices that m ay cause mage.

Example of safety message u sing signa When sta nding up from t he o perator's s eat, always place the safety lo ck lever in the L OCK positio n. If y ou acc identally touch the control lev ers when th ey are not locked, this may cause a serious injury or deat Other sig nal word In additi on to th e above, t he follow ing signal word s are used protect t he machine or to give infor mation that is useful to kno is word is used for p recautions that must be taken to avoid actions whi ch coul d shorten life of th e machine. is word is used for in formation that i s useful to kno

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. FOREWORD SAFETY INFORMATION Safety labels Example of safety label using words 1 - 6 Safety labels are af fixed to the machine to inform th e operator or maintenan ce worker on the sp ot when carrying out operation or mainte nance of the machine that may involve hazard . This machine uses "Safety labels using words" and "Safety labels using pi ctograms" to indicat e safety procedures. Safety labels using pi ctogram use a picture to express a level of hazardous t to the signal word. These safety pictograms Safety pictograms condition equivalen fety pictograms use pictures in ord er to let the operator or maint enance worker understand the lev el and type of hazardous condit ion at all times.

Safety pictograms s how the type of hazardous con dition at the top or left side, and the method of avoiding the hazard ous condition at the bottom or right s ide. In addition, the type of haza rdous condition is displayed inside a triangle and the method n is shown inside a circle. of avoiding the hazardous conditio potentia aintenance. Therefore, the safet y messages in this manual and on the machine may no t include a ll possibl e safety precautions. If any proceduresor actions not specifically recomm endedor allowed in this manual ar e used, it is your r esponsibility to take the necessa ry steps to ensure safety.

In no event should you engage in prohibited uses or actions described in this manua The explanations, v alues, and illustrations in this manual were prepared b ased on th e latest i nformation available at that time. Contin uing improvements in the des ign of this machine can lead to ch anges in detail which may not be reflected in this manual. Consult Komatsu or yo ur Komatsu distributor f or the lates t availabl e information of y our machine or for que stions regarding information in this manual. The numbers in cir cles in the illustrations correspo nd to the numbers in ( ) in the tex t. (For e xample: 1 -> (1)

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. FOREWORD INTENDED USE INTENDED USE DIRECTIONS OF MACHINE 1 - 7 In this manual, the directions of t he machine (front, re ar, le ft, right) are determined according to the view f rom the operator's seat in the direction of travel (front) of the m ach ine.

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