Komatsu — OPERATIONS ON SNOW

. SAFETY SAFETY MACHINE OPERATION SAFETY SAFETY MACHINE OPERATION Do not carry out demolition work under the machine. There is a hazard that the machine may become unstable and tip over. When working on or from the top of buildings or other structures, check the strength and the structure before starting operations. There is a hazard of the building collapsing and causing serious injury or damage. When carrying out demolition work, do not carry out demolition above your head. There is a hazard of broken parts falling or of the building collapsing and causing serious injury or property damage. Do not use the impact force of the work equipment for breaking work.

There is a hazard of damage to the work equipment, or a hazard of serious personal injury being caused by flying pieces of broken materials, or of the machine tipping over due to reaction from the impact. Generally speaking, the machine is more liable to overturn when the work equipment is at the side than when it is at the front or rear. 2 - 28 When using a breaker or other heavy work equipment, there is a hazard of the machine losing its balance and tipping over. When operating on flat ground as well as on slopes. Do not suddenly lower, swing, or stop the work equipment. Do not suddenly extend or retract the boom cylinder. There is a tip over. tipping over.

When operating on flat ground as well as on slopes. Do not suddenly lower, swing, or stop the work equipment. Do not suddenly extend or retract the boom cylinder. There is a hazard that impact will cause the machine to Do not pass the bucket over any worker's head or over the operat or's cab of the truck or hauling machine. The load may fall or the bucket may come into contact and cause serio us personal injury or property damage. OPERATIONS ON SNOW Snow-covered or frozen surfaces are slippery, so be extremely car eful when traveling or operating the machine, and do not operate the levers suddenly. Even a slight slope may careful when working on slopes.

With frozen ground surfaces, the ground becomes soft when the machine to tip over. cause the machine to slip, so be particularly temperature rises, and this may cause the If the machine enters deep snow, there is a hazard that it may tip o ver or become buried in the snow. Be careful not to leave the road shoulder or to get trapped in a snow drift. When clearing snow, the road shoulder and objects placed beside t he road are buried in the snow and cannot be seen. There is a hazard of the machine tipping over or hitting cov carefully. ered objects, so always carry out operations