Loram
Robot types: Track machine. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 10.4/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 10 of 12 among Rail suppliers companies with incidents (232 tracked).
Analyst brief
The single record entry describes a rail grinder train igniting and subsequently extinguishing fires along its route through Joplin in April 2023, coded at severity 2. This is an operational equipment-fire incident rather than a recall or regulatory finding. The record is a single press-reported operational event with no evidence of recurrence.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Rail suppliers · Sectors: Rail Transportation
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Track machine | 100% | 3 of 3 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loram rail grinders | Track machine | shipping | 1 | 10.4 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| fire | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 26 Apr 2023 | fire | Joplin, MO, USA | Rail Grinder train starts fires, then puts them out across Joplin | KOAM News Now |
S2 26 Apr 2023 · fire · Rail Grinder train starts fires, then puts them out across Joplin
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 26 Apr 2023 | Rail Grinder train starts fires, then puts them out across Joplin | KOAM News Now |
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