. 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)