Caterpillar | Officers

Caterpillar | Caterpillar Inc

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Caterpillar | Innovation | Leading-Edge Technology

Caterpillar | Sustainability: Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance

Caterpillar | Company History

Caterpillar | Company | About Caterpillar

Caterpillar | Caterpillar Careers | Build What Matters

Caterpillar | Company | Strategy & Purpose

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

March 2026

February 2026

Caterpillar Inc.

Title / URL	Issues
Caterpillar \| Officerswww.caterpillar.com/en/company/governance/officers.html	79
Caterpillar \| Caterpillar Incwww.caterpillar.com/en.html	46
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.caterpillar.com/	46
Caterpillar \| Caterpillar Incwww.caterpillar.com/	46
Caterpillar \| Innovation \| Leading-Edge Technologywww.caterpillar.com/en/company/innovation.html	27
Caterpillar \| Sustainability: Environmental, Social & Corporate Governancewww.caterpillar.com/en/company/sustainability.html	24
Caterpillar \| Company Historywww.caterpillar.com/en/company/history.html	19
Caterpillar \| Company \| About Caterpillarwww.caterpillar.com/en/company.html	18
Caterpillar \| Caterpillar Careers \| Build What Matterswww.caterpillar.com/en/careers.html	16
Caterpillar \| Company \| Strategy & Purposewww.caterpillar.com/en/company/strategy-purpose.html	14

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Caterpillar Inc.

Where this issue has occurred