Landscaping services (except planning) · Pennsylvania
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc.
Rankin, PA · ~46 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc. runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Landscaping services (except planning) workplace, earning a grade D.
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 133% of Landscaping services (except planning) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc. safety composite
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc.: 8.0 → 8.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2024
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.6 from 8.0 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Rankin, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 133% of ind
- DART 7.2 DART
- RANK #64/122
- PHOTO C.P. Landscape Co., …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~46 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: C.P. Landscape Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc.
6 TCR
- C.P. Landscape
C.P. Landscape Co., Inc.
6 TCR
- 270703
270703
6 TCR
- 4004 - TPG/PGS
4004 - TPG/PGS
6 TCR
- Chapel Valley
Chapel Valley Landscape - SOVA
6 TCR
What this shows Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (133% of the Landscaping services (except planning) BLS benchmark).
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=3 · 2020=3.5 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc. falls in its industry
2,875 Landscaping services (except p establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #64 safest of 122 Landscaping services (except p employers in Pennsylvania.
Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc. has fewer employees than the Landscaping services (except planning) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · PA · Rankin
2,875 Landscaping services (except planning) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 4 employers in Rankin, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | C.P. Landscape Co., Inc. | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 270703 | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4004 - TPG/PGS | 6.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chapel Valley Landscape - SOVA | 6.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Needham's Mushroom Farms, Inc. | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Farmers Pride Inc / Bell & Evans Hatchery | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mushroom Casing, Inc. | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DuPont Pioneer Elizabethtown ELI1 | 46 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mele & Mele & Sons, Inc. | 160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | EPIC METALS CORPORATION | 108 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Trinity Steel, Inc. | 46 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Heyco Products Corp | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Distribution Centers LLC-2901 CHANNAHON RD | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bahr Electric LLC | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Berryville Graphics | 6.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | D & B Machining Incorporated | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Curry House | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | STR0253 | 46 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.