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SFMTA

Robot types: Automation operator / site. Risk band: Low   RobotRisk index 11.4/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 38 of 40 among Other companies with incidents (142 tracked).

Analyst brief

SFMTA's record holds one entry: a February 2019 failure of the Automated Train Control System's central computer, which halted subway communications, severity 3. This is a press-reported infrastructure outage, a single discrete event with no recurrence in the record. The record reflects a singular system-failure event rather than a systemic or repeat pattern.

Risk index

11.4/100RobotRisk index
23.2/100Median index across the 40 Other companies with incident history (142 tracked, 102 with none)
38 of 40Rank in Other (of 40 with incident history)
LowRisk 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 typeShare of company riskRank within type
Automation operator / site100%12 of 13

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
outage1100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S328 Feb 2019 outage San Francisco, CA, USAAutomated Train Control System central computer failure halts subway communications · systemwide, all subway trains (~40 trains), ~70 minutes SFMTA
S3 28 Feb 2019 · outage · Automated Train Control System central computer failure halts subway communications
San Francisco, CA, USA1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S328 Feb 2019Automated Train Control System central computer failure halts subway communicationsSFMTA

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