Mr. Floyd sought to share his insight with others. He has published more than 100 journal and magazine articles and has given hundreds of presentations, webinars, and tutorials.
ELKTON, MD, October 22, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- H. Landis "Lanny" Floyd II has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Floyd began his career in 1966 as a sales clerk for the Coleman Electric Company. He earned his electrical engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Mr. Floyd worked for the DuPont Co. from 1969 to 2014 where he held positions in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and safety of electric power systems. He retired in 2014 as Principal Consultant and Global Electrical Safety Competency Leader. In the early 1980s he began studying electrical accidents and recognized that while DuPont was a leader in industrial safety, its performance in electrical safety was only average. He began collaborating with colleagues to define an opportunity to reduce electrical injuries. In 1989, DuPont launched a corporate initiative to change the electrical safety culture. Mr. Floyd led this initiative from 1992 until his retirement. The impact of shifting the electrical safety culture to one of continual improvement in analyzing residual and acceptable risk was measurable. In the first 25 years of Mr. Floyd's DuPont career there were 12 electrocution fatalities in company facilities. In the last 20 years of his career, there were zero.
Mr. Floyd sought to share his insight with others. He has published more than 100 journal and magazine articles and has given hundreds of presentations, webinars, and tutorials exploring electrical injury risk. In 1992, Mr. Floyd co-founded the Electrical Safety Workshop, an annual forum sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which brings together thought leaders and practitioners to collaborate on further advancements in electrical safety.
Mr. Floyd was recruited to serve as an electrical safety expert for the United States Department of Defense, a course developer and instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the National Electrical Code, the Fire Prevention Research Foundation, the Canadian Standards Association, and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI).
In 2004, Mr. Floyd was co-recipient of the IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence in recognition for his contributions in electrical safety. He has received other awards from IEEE, the National Fire Protection Association, ESFI, and DuPont.
A trusted voice and thought leader in electrical safety, Mr. Floyd joined the faculty in advanced safety engineering and management at UAB in 2013 and continues his work as an expert, author, educator and speaker through Electrical Safety Group Inc, the company he established in 2001.
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