Komatsu — PRECAUTIONS BEFORE STARTING INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE

. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR MAINTENANCE or installation And take steps to to use the tools quality tools, or serious personal 2 - 32 INSTALLING, REMOVING, OR STORING ATTACHM Appoint a leader operations Place attac hments th at have been removed a s table c ondition s o that they do not fall prevent un authorize d persons from enterin PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING AT HIGH PLACES When workin g at high p laces, use a step ladd er or other stand to ensure that th e work ca n be p erformed safel PRECAUTIONS WHEN WORKING UNDER MACHINE body raised, always n, set the lock knob pin. If the body pivot own when the dump se serious injury or spection.

insert the body pivot n is carried out with comes down during or even death. 3-47)". re in good repair and strong enough to handle the weight of the When perf orming ins pection with the dump set the du mp control lever to HOLD positio to LOCK p osition, the n insert the body pivot pin is not in serted, th e dump body may go d control lev er is operated, and catch or cau even death to the pe rson performing the in Always per form the o peration to remove or pin with at least two workers.

This operatio the dump b ody raise d, so if the dump body the operati on, it may lead to serious injury Fo r details , see "BO DY PIVOT PIN (PAGE Make sure the hois ts or jacks you use a nough andle the componen t. Never us e jacks at places wher e the machine is damaged, bent, or twisted. Never use fraye d, twisted or pinched wire rope . Never use bent or dis torted hooks. hey can collapse under even light loads. Never use concrete blocks for supports. T hey can collapse under even light l PROPER TOOL S ls suited to the task and be su Use only too correctly. Us ing damaged, deformed, or lo oper use of the tools may caus h. making impr injury or deat