EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Caterpillar Inc
Hodges, SC · Parent: Caterpillar Inc
- Total releases
- 42.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Caterpillar Inc: how the 42.4K lbs splits
42.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 42.4K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 24 lbs 0.1%
Caterpillar Inc's 42.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Phenol.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Caterpillar Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hodges, SC, in the primary metals sector. It reported 42.4K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 42.4K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,497 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Caterpillar Inc is pounds #200 and chemical-count #229 at 42.4K lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Colgate Palmolive Co; Eaton Corp - Hodges; Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Greenwood; Eaton Electrical Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside South Carolina: Imperial Zinc Corp; Asama Coldwater Manufacturing; Liberty Casting Co Llc.; Exide Technologies Reading Smelter Div. Other Caterpillar Inc sites in this extract: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Phenol; Diisocyanates; Lead.
Caterpillar Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 42.4K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Imperial Zinc Corp and Asama Coldwater Manufacturing.
Caterpillar Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
42K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Caterpillar Inc: Phenol-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Caterpillar Inc reports the 524th-largest volume (42.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Phenol alone is 95.1% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Imperial Zinc Corp and Asama Coldwater Manufacturing.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Caterpillar Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Phenol at 95.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Caterpillar Inc's total reported releases rose from 3 lb in 2022 to 42.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 42.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc's air releases rose from 3 lb in 2022 to 18 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Caterpillar Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Caterpillar Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 42.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases increased by 3535653% (1 lbs to 42.4K lbs).
Caterpillar Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Caterpillar Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3535653% from 2020 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Phenol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 42.4K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Phenol | 40.4K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 2.0K lbs | - |
| Lead | 57 lbs | Carcinogen |
Caterpillar Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Caterpillar Inc
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Colgate Palmolive Co, Eaton Corp - Hodges, Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Greenwood, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Imperial Zinc Corp, Asama Coldwater Manufacturing, Liberty Casting Co Llc..
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Caterpillar Inc on cumulative reported pounds (42.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Dillon Manufacturing, Desoto Treated Materials Inc, Imperial Zinc Corp. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Caterpillar Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Caterpillar Reman Div, Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant, Caterpillar East Peoria.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Phenol, Diisocyanates, Lead; nearby reporters include Colgate Palmolive Co. Caterpillar Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Caterpillar Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Phenol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Caterpillar Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hodges, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 331511 · Primary Metals. 1.3% of Greenwood TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dillon Manufacturing (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Caterpillar Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Phenol. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov