Komatsu Equipment Operation Manual (EN)

FOREWORD

. FOREWORD FOREWORD of when WARNING 1 - 2 FOREW This manual provide guideline hich precautions i n this manua l mus be fo to llowed at all ti mes when erforming operation rules for the opera and maintenance. accidents are caused by t can he failure follow fundamental safety rules f machines. A ccidents be knowing performing op eration and m aintenance.

Before beginni ng operation or maintenance, operators and m aintenance personnel must always ob serve the following poi Rea d this m anual thoroughl y and understand its contents Rea d the saf ety messages a nd safety labels given in this manual carefull y so tha t they should b e understood Keep t his manu al at the storag e location for the Operation an d Maintenance Manual given below s o that all personnel inv in working on t he machine can consult it periodicall In case this ma nual should be l ost or damaged, i mmediately c ontact Komats u or you r Komatsu dist ributor to obta in a new When you sell t he machine, m ake sure that t his manual shou ld be p rovided to the n ew owner toget her with the m In this manual, measurements are expressed in i nternational standa rd units ( SI).

For the reference p urpose, weigh t units us the pas t are als o displayed in { }. S torage location for th e Operation and Maintenan ce Manual Pock et (1) at rear of operator's se at

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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 the potentia l level of hazard potentially hazardou s situatio n which, if not avoided , may re sult in minor or jury. This word is us ed also t o alert agai nst unsafe p ractices 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 w ork equipm ent lock lev er in the LOC K positio If y ou acc identally touch the control lev ers when th ey are not lo cked, this may cause a serious inju ry 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 ended or 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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FRONT/REAR, LEFT/RIGHT DIRECTIONS OF MACHINE

. FOREWORD INTRODUCTION FRONT/REAR, LEFT/RIGHT DIRECTIONS OF MACHINE 1 - 7 INTRODUCTION This Komatsu m achine is designed to be used m ainly fo r the following work: Digging work Smoothing Pushing work Loading work For details of th e operating procedure , see "WORK POS USING WHEEL LOADER (PAGE In this manual, the directions of the m achine (fro nt, rear, left, right) are determined according to the view from the operator's seat in the direction of trav el (front) of the mac hine.

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