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MBTA

Robot types: Automation operator / site. Risk band: High RobotRisk index 56.4/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 1 of 40 among Other companies with incidents (142 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record contains two entries tied to the same underlying event: a 2022 fatality in which a Red Line rider was dragged to death after a door-control-system short circuit, and a 2025 entry recording the resulting $5 million regulatory settlement, both severity 5. This is a single incident followed by its regulatory resolution, not two independent failures. The maximum severity rating on both entries reflects the fatal outcome and the settlement's formal regulatory disposition.

Risk index

56.4/100RobotRisk index

23.2/100Median index across the 40 Other companies with incident history (142 tracked, 102 with none)

1 of 40Rank in Other (of 40 with incident history)

HighRisk band

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%	2 of 13

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident type	Unique incidents	Share
regulatory	1	50%
fatality	1	50%

Unique incident list

2 unique incidents on file for this company.

Sev	Date	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S5	10 Apr 2025	regulatory	Boston, MA, USA	MBTA pays $5M settlement over Red Line door-dragging death · 1 fatality / systemwide door-safety scrutiny	Boston Herald / WBUR
S5	10 Apr 2022	fatality	Boston, MA, USA	Red Line rider dragged to death after door-control-system short circuit · 1 train / 1 fatality	WCVB