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Nordco (Wabtec)

Products: n/a. Risk band: Elevated   RobotRisk index 36.4/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 2 of 12 among Rail suppliers companies with incidents (141 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record contains a single entry: a December 2021 fatality in which a roadway worker was killed by a Nordco spike machine whose alarm was non-functional, rated severity 5, the maximum severity level. Nordco (Wabtec)'s index of 36.4 ranks 2 of 12 companies in Rail suppliers with incident history. This is a press/incident-driven record tied to equipment failure in field operation, not a regulatory recall or pattern of recurring events. No prior or subsequent incidents are present in the data.

Risk index

36.4/100RobotRisk index
16.9/100Median index across the 12 Rail suppliers companies with incident history (141 tracked, 129 with none)
2 of 12Rank in Rail suppliers (of 12 with incident history)
ElevatedRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
fatality1100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S5~Dec 2021 fatality Norfolk Southern rail line near Reed, PA, USARoadway worker killed by Nordco spike machine with non-functional alarm · 1 fatality, 1 machine NTSB
S5 ~Dec 2021 · fatality · Roadway worker killed by Nordco spike machine with non-functional alarm
Norfolk Southern rail line near Reed, PA, USA1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S5~Dec 2021Roadway worker killed by Nordco spike machine with non-functional alarmNTSB

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