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Home » Authors » Cary Usrey

Cary Usrey

Cary Usrey has been an Implementation Manager at Predictive Solutions since March 2007. In this role, Cary is responsible for implementing training solutions and best practices for customers seeking to prevent worker injuries and reduce potential liabilities. He coaches customers through an assessment, goal-setting, and goal measurement process that is designed to maximize safety improvement and widespread organizational engagement, from the field to leadership. Cary started his career in the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Power Program.

After leaving the Navy, he served as the Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance Director at Adirondack Resource Recovery Associates, a waste-to-energy power plant in upstate New York, where he was employed for over twelve years. Following this, Cary took a position with Turner Construction, where he served as the Business Unit Safety Director for the upstate New York office for approximately three years. Cary has graduated with his Associate's Degree in Occupational Safety and Health from Trinidad State Junior College in Colorado, is a member of the Central FL chapter of the ASSE, and has served on the Board of Directors for the VPPPA (Region II).

Email Cary at cusrey@predictivesolutions.com.

Articles

ARTICLES

Safety excellence planning

Safety excellence requires a deep dive into goal-setting

You need more than lip service
Cary Usrey
March 26, 2019

Safety excellence is often whispered in hushed tones, akin to the search for the Holy Grail. Everyone seeks it, and many make finding it their life’s quest. But what is ‘it’?


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universal metrics for leading indicators

Reduce incidents with universal metrics for leading indicators

Data + action = injury prevention
Cary Usrey
February 1, 2018
For well over a century, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has collected data and published reports on occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. As a result, the safety profession has utilized this information to drive safety metrics.
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construction industry risks

Five reasons hazards are downplayed or not reported

Cary Usrey
August 2, 2016
The construction industry is dangerous. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states construction constitutes only four to five percent of all work in the United States each year.
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broader work system

Behavior doesn’t happen in a vacuum

You must look at the broader work system
Cary Usrey
Chuck pettinger
Chuck Pettinger
August 3, 2015

During the late 1970s, Judy Komaki and her behavioral psychologist colleagues used their methodology in a food manufacturing facility to improve the safety performance by focusing on reinforcing safe behaviors (Komaki, Barwick, & Scott, 1978). This was the birth of behavior-based safety (BBS).


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Construction

Choosing your contractor

Assess frequency & severity of risky behaviors and conditions vs. safe behaviors and conditions
Cary Usrey
March 3, 2014
When general contractors hire subcontractors to perform work at construction projects, these companies usually go through a rigorous selection process.


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brake lights

Is your safety program healthy? Check your warning lights

Cary Usrey
July 9, 2013
Ask your significant other to evaluate your relationship. I’m sure the answer will vary depending on circumstances, but I doubt it will be easy to detect a warning light.


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inspection

Am I doing enough workplace inspections? Too many? Too few?

Cary Usrey
October 10, 2012
My answer, of course is, “It depends.” As cryptic as it may sound, it is true. Safety inspection frequency will depend on several factors:


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TRAINING STRATEGIES: Observation intelligence

Cary Usrey
July 6, 2010
Learn how organizations can develop a process-driven observation program that fosters employee engagement.
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