Landscaping services (except planning) · Texas
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs
Houston, TX · ~88 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 23.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs runs at 515% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Landscaping services (except planning) workplace, earning a grade F.
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs: 23.2 TCR = 515% of Landscaping services (except planning) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs safety composite
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 23.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% 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
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs: 17.5 → 29.5 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 33.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.27× in 2024
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs's TCR rose 12.0 from 17.5 in 2016 to 29.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 33.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Houston, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 23.2 · 515% of ind
- DART 6.3 DART
- RANK #187/187
- PHOTO Springtime Landscape…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 102 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Springtime Landscape & Irrigation (0.0 TCR gap)
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MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Smith & Enrigh
Smith & Enright Landscaping, Inc
23.5 TCR
- Q-team INC
Q-team INC
23.3 TCR
- This site
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs
23.2 TCR
- Springtime Lan
Springtime Landscape & Irrigation
23.1 TCR
- Seattle Tree C
Seattle Tree Care
23 TCR
What this shows MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs averages 23.2 TCR (515% of the Landscaping services (except planning) BLS benchmark).
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs TCR series: 2016=17.5 · 2018=18.3 · 2019=22.1 · 2020=33.6 · 2022=22.2 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=29.5 · BLS 4.5
Where MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs falls in its industry
2,875 Landscaping services (except p establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #187 safest of 187 Landscaping services (except p employers in Texas.
MSN INC DBA McDugald Steele, Stirling Electric, Stirling Irrigation, Waterline Designs has more 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 | 29.5 | 6.3 | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18.9 | 6.3 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 22.2 | 10.7 | 13 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 33.6 | 4.8 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2019 | 22.1 | 12.5 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18.3 | 6.7 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · TX · Houston
2,875 Landscaping services (except planning) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 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 | Springtime Landscape & Irrigation | 23.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Q-team INC | 23.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seattle Tree Care | 23.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smith & Enright Landscaping, Inc | 23.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | F AND B HOLDINGS LLC DBA LONE STAR CITRUS GROWERS | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Puirty Texas | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Falcon Energy Services | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NAES : Sandy Creek | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH IAH | 11,560 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices | 10,239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6925-IAH | 9,442 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center | 8,873 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Store 1059 | 23.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6458-ZBND | 23.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Transitions Healthcare Washignton PA LLC | 23.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rognes Corp | 23.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Dakota State University | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atmore Nursing Center | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Christman Mid-Atlantic Constructors, Inc. - Virginia | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wray Roofing, Inc | 88 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.