Progress Rail (Caterpillar)
Robot types: Train control & signalling. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 26.6/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 4 of 12 among Rail suppliers companies with incidents (232 tracked).
Analyst brief
Progress Rail's record in the rail-supplier category consists of a single 2020 entry: a contractor fatality caused by a machine part at the company's McCook, Illinois plant. The event carries the maximum severity rating of 5, classified as a fatality, distinguishing it from every other entity in this set by outcome severity despite being a single occurrence. The record is a single workplace fatality, not part of a broader documented pattern in the data provided.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Train control & signalling | 100% | 3 of 9 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Rail locomotives & signalling | Train control & signalling | shipping | 1 | 26.6 |
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 | ~Mar 2020 | fatality | McCook, IL, USA | Contractor killed by machine part at Progress Rail's McCook, IL plant · 1 fatality | Patch |
S5 ~Mar 2020 · fatality · Contractor killed by machine part at Progress Rail's McCook, IL plant
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | ~Mar 2020 | Contractor killed by machine part at Progress Rail's McCook, IL plant | Patch |
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