Komatsu — OPERATION

. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR OPERATION slip, so be particularly and this may cause the out operations speed and use the 2 - 30 PROHIBITED OPERATIONS If t he machine rolls over or falls, or the ground at the working point collapses, it may lead to or death. Always observe the follo wing precautions. under an overhangs. There is llapse. bucket into a load at an angle. to bear on the machine and will chine. e when excavating a rock face. will be brought to bear on the age to the machine. ions on a downhill slope. An bear on the machine and this ne. for crane operations. There is over and that the load will fall. head of other workers or over ks or other hauling equipment.

et may hit the dump truck and death.

Do not excavate the work face danger that the work face will co When digging, never thrust the This will bring an excessive load reduce the service life of the ma It is dangerous to apply drive forc In addition, an excessive load machine and this will cause dam Never carry out digging operat excessive load will be brought to will cause damage to the machi Do not use the bucket or lift arm danger that the machine will tip Do not pass the bucket over the the operator's seat of dump truc The load may spill or the buck cause serious personal injury or TRAVELING ON SNOW-COVERED OR F ROZEN SURFACES Snow-covered or frozen surface s are slippery, so be extremely careful when traveling or and do not operate the levers s uddenly.

Even a slight slope may cause the machine t s. e ground becomes soft when the temperature rises, a possible for the machine to escape. d roads, always fit tire chains. careful when working on slope With frozen ground surfaces, th machine to tip over or make it im When traveling on snow-covere If the machine enters deep snow , there is a hazard that it may tip over or become buried not to leave the road shoulder o r to get trapped in a snow drift. When clearing snow, the road sh oulder and objects placed beside the road are buried in seen. There is a hazard of the carefully.

When traveling on snow-covere machine tipping over or hitting covered objects, so alwa d slopes, never apply the foot brake suddenly. Reduce engine as a brake while applyin g the foot brake intermittently (depress the brake intermi necessary, lower the work equip ment to the ground to stop the machine.