Amtrak
Robot types: Automation operator / site. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 21.8/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 24 of 40 among Other companies with incidents (142 tracked).
Analyst brief
The register carries one entry for Amtrak: the December 2017 Cascades Train 501 derailment near DuPont, Washington, a fatality-severity event tied to Positive Train Control not yet being active on the route. The record is a single catastrophic incident rather than a pattern, and its documentation lineage is regulator-driven, consistent with an NTSB-investigated passenger rail derailment. No trajectory can be established from one data point; the record reflects a discrete safety-system-implementation failure, not a recurring operational issue.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Other
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Automation operator / site | 100% | 7 of 13 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| fatality | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | 18 Dec 2017 | fatality | DuPont, WA, USA | Cascades train 501 DuPont, WA derailment - Positive Train Control not yet activated · 1 train (multiple cars) / 3 fatalities, ~70 injured | NWPB |
S5 18 Dec 2017 · fatality · Cascades train 501 DuPont, WA derailment - Positive Train Control not yet activated
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | 18 Dec 2017 | Cascades train 501 DuPont, WA derailment - Positive Train Control not yet activated | NWPB |
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