Employer · WARN Act history · Manufacturing

Caterpillar

1,588 workers across 4 WARN notices, primarily in IN - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.

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Caterpillar has 4 recorded WARN filings affecting 1,588 workers

According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Caterpillar has 4 recorded filings covering 1,588 workers across 1 state, primarily IN, the 90th-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.

Caterpillar is a minor share of Manufacturing WARN activity — 0.8% of the sector's 211,445 workers across 776 employers, ranking #13 in Manufacturing.

Caterpillar city concentration · single-city dominant

Named cities on WARN filing rows only (city blank on a filing is omitted). Shares are of the city-tagged worker total, not every notice in the record.

98.6% of named-city WARN workers for Caterpillar sit in Lafayette (1,565 of 1,588).

Lead city Lafayette · 98.6% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%

DOL WARN employer filing desk

Employer CATERPILLAR · Caterpillar 1,588 workers · 4 filings

NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-HEAVY · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-SINGLE · TYPE-LAYOFF

  • NOTC-LIGHT 4 filings
  • WORK-HEAVY #90
  • PHOTO-UNK No peer
  • RUNWAY-OVER 80d
  • STAT-SINGLE IN
  • BOOK-SINGLE 1 agency
  • TYPE-LAYOFF 4 layoffs

Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.

Largest Caterpillar WARN filings · notice runway

Top 4 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.

  • Lafayette, IN · Layoff · Manufacturing 985 workers · filed May 15, 2009 · 101d runway
  • Lafayette, IN · Layoff · Manufacturing 439 workers · filed Mar 17, 2009 · 73d runway
  • Lafayette, IN · Layoff · Manufacturing 141 workers · filed May 6, 2009 · 86d runway
  • Plainfield, IN · Layoff · Manufacturing 23 workers · filed Feb 20, 2009 · 69d runway

Median forward runway across 4 dated filings: 80 days (0 under 60d · 4 at/above 60d ).

Where Caterpillar Falls Among Tracked Employers

7,009 employers with a WARN filing, bucketed by total workers affected

Bucket counts (employers by total workers affected, as of September 2026): 1-10: 955; 11-50: 1,411; 51-150: 3,067; 151-500: 1,205; 501-1.5k: 273; 1.5k-5k: 72; 5k-15k: 16; 15k+: 10. Caterpillar is in the 1.5k-5k bucket (#90 of 7,009 by workers affected).

Employer Profile

Primary State
IN
Primary Industry
Manufacturing
First Notice
Feb 20, 2009
Latest Notice
May 15, 2009
States with Layoffs
IN

Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: May 2009.

WARN Notice History

2009

Mass Layoff

Lafayette, IN · Manufacturing

Effective: Aug 24, 2009

985

workers

Filed May 15, 2009

Mass Layoff

Lafayette, IN · Manufacturing

Effective: Jul 31, 2009

141

workers

Filed May 6, 2009

Mass Layoff

Lafayette, IN · Manufacturing

Effective: May 29, 2009

439

workers

Filed Mar 17, 2009

Mass Layoff

Plainfield, IN · Manufacturing

Effective: Apr 30, 2009

23

workers

Filed Feb 20, 2009

Questions about this Caterpillar record

What is the largest Caterpillar WARN filing on record? ▼

The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Lafayette, IN on May 15, 2009, covering 985 workers in Manufacturing.

Where were Caterpillar's WARN notices filed? ▼

The filings name Lafayette and Plainfield; together they form 4 mass-layoff filings sourced from Indiana DWD. States represented in this record: IN.

Where is Caterpillar's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼

98.6% of named-city WARN workers for Caterpillar sit in Lafayette (1,565 of 1,588).

Does Caterpillar's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼

All 4 filings fall in 2009, so the record describes a concentrated episode rather than a multi-year cadence.

How much advance notice appears in Caterpillar's record? ▼

The measurable notice runway clears the federal 60-day baseline; use the dated filing history to see which location and event produced it.

See also: IN WARN filings · Manufacturing industry WARNs · WARN Act guide · largest WARN employers

Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Caterpillar notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.

Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.