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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333618 Event Exposure to environmental heat outdoor Source Heat environmental

On September 13, 2025, an employee had been working at an outdoor event. At the end the day, she was walking around outside the facility to make sure everything was…
Effects of heat unspecified BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
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Caterpillar, Inc.

NAICS332721 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Other material and personnel handling machinery n.e.c.

On September 5, 2025, at approximately 7:35 AM, a temporary employee was at the engine block rollover machine. Their left index fingertip was caught and amputated between a pneumatic…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS493110 Event Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation Source Other special process machinery n.e.c.

On June 27, 2025, at approximately 8:35 AM, an employee was operating a box maker machine when their left middle fingertip was caught by a chain and sprocket. The…
Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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Caterpillar, Inc.

NAICS331529 Event Fall on same level due to slip or trip Source Loading docks, dock plates

An employee had just put a dock plate in place. While stepping back over the plate, the employee tripped and fell onto it. The employee suffered a broken hip.
Fractures Hip joint(s) Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc

NAICS333924 Event Contact with hot objects or substances Source Water, liquids nonchemical

On April 8, 2025, an employee entered an engine test cell to de-harness an engine and was exposed to hot water resulting in burns and hospitalization.
Thermal burns degree unspecified Part of body unspecified Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS331511 Event Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. Source Wrenches, ratchets

An employee was using a hydraulic torque tool. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the tool and bolts on a die, causing a partial transphalangeal amputation.
Amputations involving bone loss Other finger(s) n.e.c. Amputation
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333131 Event Struck by discharged object or substance Source Disinfectants, detergents, soap products

On July 22, 2024, an employee was using a pressure washer to fill a mop bucket with water. The washer's hose split and soapy water was injected into the…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Hand(s) and finger(s) Hospitalized
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Caterpillar, Inc.

NAICS332721 Event Struck by running powered equipment unspecified Source Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified

A maintenance technician was measuring the width on a metal compressor's stroke length when their finger was pinched in the machine. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to their…
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333131 Event Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet Source Elevators, hoists, lifts unspecified

At 8:43 a.m. on February 23, 2024, an employee was in an elevated positioning basket, painting a strut inside a paint booth, when the basket's mounting bracket…
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Forehead, temple(s) Hospitalized
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Caterpillar, Inc.

NAICS333120 EventOther fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet SourceAerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane…
Fractures Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333131 EventStruck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. SourceCart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

On November 3, 2023, an employee was pulling a cart carrying parts when the cart tipped over and landed on their right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured…
Fractures Leg(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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CATERPILLAR, Inc.

NAICS333120 EventCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment SourceOverhead hoists, unspecified

An employee was using a hoist to load a motor grader circle blank that weighed 2,300 pounds into a cradle fixture for machining. As he lowered the part, the…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS331511 EventCaught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified SourceOverhead hoists, unspecified

An employee was using a chain hoist to remove timbers used to create a void in sand molds. The employee's hand was at the base of the chain hoist…
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Amputation
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333131 EventCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment SourceCranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

On October 29, 2022, employee 1 was positioning a torque converter into a yoke. Employee 2 was lowering the torque converter using an overhead crane. Employee 1's right ring…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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CATERPILLAR INC.

NAICS333120 EventStruck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part SourceMotors other than vehicle

On May 27, 2022, an employee was installing a pump and a motor onto a wash tank after it had been removed for repair using an overhead crane, an eyebolt…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333120 EventOther fall to lower level, unspecified SourceStep ladders

On April 26, 2022, an employee was on a three-step ladder aligning a hose on an off-highway truck. Upon completing the task, the employee attempted to step down…
Bruises, contusions Head, unspecified Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS331511 EventCaught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified SourceExtruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

An employee was working at a core machine. The top plate of the machine fell onto the employee's left-hand fingers, crushing them.
Crushing injuries Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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CATERPILLAR INC.

NAICS331511 EventCaught between rolling powered vehicle and other object SourceGolf cart, personnel transport cart

At 6:24 p.m. on October 7, 2021, an employee was unplugging a personnel carrier that was parked and being charged. The cart unexpectedly moved forward and pinned the…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333120 EventContact with objects and equipment, unspecified SourceCranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

An employee was using an overhead grid crane when their right middle finger was pinched between the engine head assembly and the transport rack resulting in amputation of the fingertip…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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CATERPILLAR INC.

NAICS325199 EventFall on same level due to tripping, unspecified SourceFloor, unspecified

While moving a tote, an employee tripped and fell to the floor resulting in a fractured left hip.
Fractures Hip(s) Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333120 EventInjured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker SourceSurfacing handtools-powered, unspecified

On February 13, 2021, an employee was using a grinder/sander on a part. The machine lacerated the employee's left wrist.
Cuts, lacerations Wrist(s) Hospitalized
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Caterpillar, Inc.

NAICS333120 EventFall on same level due to slipping SourceFloor, n.e.c.

An employee was placing cardboard into a compactor and dropped a piece of cardboard on the ground. When the employee turned to pick up the cardboard, he slipped on the…
Fractures Knee(s) Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333120 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceConveyors-powered, unspecified

An employee was adjusting a misaligned pallet on a conveyor system. The pallet return lift station rose up and pinched the employee's forearms against the frame of the machine…
Bruises, contusions Forearm(s) Hospitalized
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Caterpillar Inc.

NAICS333120 EventOther fall to lower level, unspecified SourceExcavating machinery, unspecified

An employee fell from an excavator, suffering broken ribs and a punctured lung.
Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders Hospitalized
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Caterpillar, Inc.

NAICS333120 EventStruck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment SourceCranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container

The mobile gantry crane was being assembled when a collapse occurred and a piece of the crane struck an employee and fractured their right leg.
Fractures Leg(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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