Caterpillar Inc
34 facilities · 17 states · 2.2M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Caterpillar Inc is the reported parent of 34 Form R facilities across 17 states, disclosing 2.2M lbs of toxic releases. 7 of 119 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Illinois (1.1M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Caterpillar Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Caterpillar Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-45.6%
32 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-45.6%
731.4 thousand lb → 398.1 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Caterpillar Inc's total reported releases fell from 731.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 398.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc's land releases fell from 260.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc's off-site transfers fell from 373.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 299.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc's chemicals reported fell from 26 in 2022 to 25 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Caterpillar Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tronox Ltd; The Chemours Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Ammonia; Diisocyanates; Phenol. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Illinois; Mississippi; Missouri. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Machinery; Primary Metals; Plastics and Rubber; Electrical Equipment. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tronox Ltd; The Chemours Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Ammonia; Diisocyanates; Phenol. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Illinois; Mississippi; Missouri. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Machinery; Primary Metals; Plastics and Rubber; Electrical Equipment.
Caterpillar Inc ranks #439 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Caterpillar Inc spans 17 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Caterpillar Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 34 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Caterpillar Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Tronox Ltd; The Chemours Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Caterpillar Inc sits among TRI parents
Caterpillar Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Tronox Ltd and The Chemours Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Tronox Ltd · rank #437 · 64.0M lbs
- The Chemours Co · rank #438 · 59.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Caterpillar Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Ammonia; Diisocyanates; Phenol lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Caterpillar Reman Div. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 890.4K lbs |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 525.0K lbs |
| Ammonia | 164.4K lbs |
| Diisocyanates | 140.8K lbs |
| Phenol | 140.4K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 6 | 1.1M lbs |
| Mississippi | 2 | 905.1K lbs |
| Missouri | 2 | 76.5K lbs |
| South Carolina | 3 | 42.5K lbs |
| California | 2 | 35.6K lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 13.6K lbs |
| Kansas | 2 | 13.6K lbs |
| Indiana | 2 | 12.5K lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 8.5K lbs |
| North Carolina | 3 | 3.3K lbs |
| Texas | 3 | 2.4K lbs |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1.3K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 1.0K lbs |
| Arkansas | 1 | 662 lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 604 lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 7 lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (34)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Caterpillar Inc on total disclosed release pounds (2.2M lbs) and reporting facility count (34). Release-volume peers include Indorama Ventures USA Holdings LP, Atlas Holdings LLC, Hexcel Corp. Facility-count peers include Targa Resources Corp, Hubbell Inc, US Department of Homeland Security. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Caterpillar Inc's TRI parent record
From Caterpillar Inc, open Caterpillar Reman Div or compare against Tronox Ltd rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Caterpillar Inc (Caterpillar Reman Div in MS). Largest facility
- Compare against The Chemours Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Caterpillar Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Tronox Ltd, The Chemours Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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