Products: track-machine. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 6.3/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 93th percentile of 128 rail supplier companies.
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. Loram's index (6.4) is low in absolute terms but its percentile (92.9) places it near the top of the rail-supplier category, indicating most peers carry lower index values. The record is a single press-reported operational event with no evidence of recurrence.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | 04/26 2023 |
fire | Joplin, MO, USA | Rail Grinder train starts fires, then puts them out across Joplin | KOAM News Now |