TEN00144-03 WA1200-3A WHEEL LOADERS

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TEN00144-03 WHEEL LOADER WA1200 -3 SERIAL NUMBERS 50057 and up Komatsu has Operation & Maintenance Manuals written in some other languages . If a foreign language manual is necessary , contact your local distributor for availability . NOTICE NOTICE WARNING Unsafe use of this machine may cause serious injury or Death. Operators and maintenance personnel must rea this manual before operating or maintaining this machin This manual should be kept near the machine for reference and periodically reviewed by all personnel who will come into contact with it . d e .

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FOREWORD

. FOREWORD FOREWORD which will help you use this performing rules for conditions WARNING understand them fully. periodically. 1 - 2 FOREWORD This manual provid recautions in this ccident s are cause machines. Acciden erforming operation and maintenanc The operation an d maintenance. Mos the operation ce o when followed at all times to follow fu ndament al safet forehan Operator s and mainten ance personnel mus t always do as follows before b eginning ope ration or maint Alway s be sure to re ad and understand this manual thoroughly before performing o peration and ma intenance.

Read t he safety mes sages given in this manual and the safety l abels aff ixed to the m achine thoroug hly and be sure th at you eep this manual in the storage location fo r the operati on and ma intenanc e manual giv en below, and h ave all personnel read i f this manual has been lost or has become dirty and ca nnot be re ad, reque st a replace ment manual im mediately from Ko matsu r your K omatsu distri f you sell the machine, be sure to give this manual to t he new ow ners together with the omatsu delivers mach ines that comply wit h all applicab le regulati ons and standards of t he country to w hich it has been sh ipped f this machine has bee n purchased in anot her country o r purchase d from s omeone in a nother country, it may lack certain safety evices a nd specificat ions that are neces sary for use in your c ountry.

I f there is any question abo ut whether your p roduc omplies with the appl icable standards an d regulation s of your c ountry, consult Koma tsu or your Ko matsu distributor before perating the machine. Storage location for the Operation and Maintenan ce Manu Pocket (1) a t rear of operator

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SAFETY INFORMATION

. 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 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 and 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 signa l words are used to express th e potentia l level of hazard potentially hazardou s situatio n which, if not avoide d, may re sult in minor or jury. This word is us ed also t o 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 lo ck lever in the LOCK p osition. If y ou acc identally touch the control lev ers when th ey are not lo cked, 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 to protect t he machine o r to give infor mation that is useful t o know. is word is used for p recautions that mus t be taken to avoid actions whi ch coul d shorten life of th e machine. is word is used for in formation that is us eful to kno

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SAFETY INFORMATION

. 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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