DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,217

CATERPILLAR INC.
MATERIAL HANDLING & UNDERGROUND DIVISION AND
INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS AND COMPONENTS DIVISION
HOUSTON, PENNSYLVANIA

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on December 6, 2016, applicable to workers
of Caterpillar Inc., Material Handling & Underground Division,
Houston, Pennsylvania. The subject firm is engaged activities
related to the production of mining equipment. The affected
worker groups are engaged in activities related to the supply of
distribution center services.
Workers within the Industry Solutions and Components
Division are in direct support of manufacturing at Caterpillar,
Inc., Houston, Pennsylvania.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers within the Industry Solutions
and Components Division at the Houston, Pennsylvania location of
Caterpillar, Inc.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-92,217 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Caterpillar, Inc., Material Handling &
Underground Division and Industry Solutions and
Components Division, Houston, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 16, 2015 through December 6, 2018, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on December 6, 2016
through December 6, 2018, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.”
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 14th day of June, 2017

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
__________________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance






DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,217

CATERPILLAR INC.
MATERIAL HANDLING & UNDERGROUND DIVISION
HOUSTON, PENNSYVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers’
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers’ firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers’ firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers’ firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 19, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Caterpillar Inc., Material Handling & Underground
Division, Houston, Pennsylvania (Caterpillar-Material Handling
& Underground). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of mining equipment. The subject
worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Caterpillar-Material
Handling & Underground have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the mining equipment
produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Caterpillar-Material Handling &
Underground.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caterpillar-Material
Handling & Underground, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of mining equipment, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
“All workers of Caterpillar Inc., Material Handling &
Underground Division, Houston, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 16, 2015, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended.”

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 6th day of December, 2016

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance