H Landis Floyd
Tagline
Consulting in Electrical Safety Matters
Contact
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Biography
Lanny Floyd joined DuPont in 1969 and retired in 2014 as Principal Consultant - Electrical Safety & Technology and Global Electrical Safety Competency Leader. For more than 30 years his responsibilities focused on electrical safety in construction, operation and maintenance of DuPont facilities worldwide. This work enabled breakthrough performance in prevention of serious injuries and fatalities from electrical energy. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 papers and articles and has given more than 150 presentations at conferences, seminars and webcasts in his work to advance the practice of electrical safety. Lanny has provided technical leadership in development of codes and standards, including the National Electrical Code, the Canadian Electrical Code, NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, CSA Z462 Workplace Electrical Safety, and IEEE 902 Guide for Maintenance, Operation and Safety of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems.
Certifications
Technical Expertise
Special Skills
Technical Specialties
Electrical Safety Group Inc. provides expert consulting services in electric shock, arc flash, electrical injuries and other topics in occupational electrical safety including NFPA 70E, National Electrical Code, OSHA, codes, standards, regulations, safe work practices, management systems, safety management systems, prevention through design, inherently safer designs, human error, reliability of equipment critical to electrical safety.
Interests
Accident prevention
Preventive maintenance
Risk analysis
Safety devices
Accidents
Electric shock
Explosions
Fires
Occupational safety
Product safety
Risk analysis
Domestic safety
Electrical safety
Occupational safety
Electric shock
Accidents
Electrical accidents
Occupational safety
Safety
Electrical accidents
Electric shock
Bioelectric phenomena
Electrical safety
Electrical safety
Electrical accidents
Industrial accidents
Occupational safety
National electric safety code
Occupational health
Electric shock
Occupational safety
Protective clothing
Risk analysis
Occupational safety
Accidents
Electric shock
Industrial accidents
Protective clothing
Risk analysis
Partial discharge measurement
Electrical safety
Preventive maintenance
Accident prevention
Reliability
Safety
Product liability
Product safety
Protection
Occupational safety
Protective clothing
Occupational safety
Risk analysis
Accident prevention
Occupational safety
Reliability
Safety
Safety
Electric shock
Explosions
Fires
Preventive maintenance
Protective clothing
Risk analysis
Experience
Dean/Professor/Instructor
Univ of Alabama-Birmingham
Owner/Partner
Electrical Safety Group Inc.
Consultant
Electrical Safety Group Inc.
Member Recognitions
for contribution to improve workplace electrical safety
Publications
Landis Floyd, H. and Cole, B.C., "Twenty Years Later: Creating a Continuous Improvement Environment for Electrical Safety," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 2633 - 2640, 2015.
Floyd, L., "I Need My Light Fixed," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 2 - 2, 2015.
Floyd, L., "On Being Authentic [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 2 - 2, 2015.
Floyd, L., "The Electrical Safety Committee [IAS History]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 69 - 69, 2015.
Floyd II, H.L., "A Practical Guide for Applying the Hierarchy of Controls to Electrical Hazards," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 4263 - 4266, 2015.
Floyd, H.L., "A Systems Safety Approach to Occupational Electrical Safety," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 1284 - 1288, 2015.
Floyd, H.L., "A practical guide for applying the hierarchy of controls to electrical hazards," in Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW), 2015 IEEE IAS, 2015, pp. 1 - 4.
Floyd, H.L., "Facilitating Application of Electrical Safety Best Practices to “Other” Workers," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 1348 - 1352, 2015.
Floyd, H.L., "Leading-Edge Developments in Advanced Safety Management and Applications to Electrical Safety," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 1303 - 1308, 2015.
Floyd, L., "Memories, Recognitions, and Celebrations [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 2 - 2, 2015.
Floyd, L., "Errors and Omissions [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 2 - 2, 2015.
Floyd, L., "Transitions and a Special Thanks [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 2 - 2, 2015.
Floyd, L., "Celebrating [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 2 - 2, 2014.
Floyd, A.H.L. and Floyd, H.L., "Cultural Drift and the Occlusion of Electrical Safety," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 1610 - 1618, 2014.
Floyd, L., "What Is Plagiarism? [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 2 - 81, 2014.
Manson, Scott, Floyd, H.Landis Hughes, Bob, and Kirby, Richard D., "Melhores práticas para proteção e controle do centro de controle de motores," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference - Brasil (PCIC Brasil), 2014 IEEE, 2014, pp. 43 - 52.
Floyd, L., "Searching for Excellence [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 2 - 2, 2014.
Floyd, L., "A matter of ethics [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 2 - 12, 2014.
Floyd, L., "Electrification 2.0 [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 2 - 2, 2014.
Floyd, A.H.L. and Landis Floyd, H., "Cultural drift and the occlusion of electrical safety," in Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW), 2013 IEEE IAS, 2013, pp. 113 - 123.
Nailen, D., Horst, R.L., and Floyd, L., "[Letters to the editor]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 4 - 4, 2013.
Floyd, L., "Partners in Electrical Safety [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 2 - 2, 2013.
Floyd, L., "If an Engineer Tweets and No One Is Listening ... [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 2 - 2, 2013.
Floyd, L., "IEEE Xplore Digital Library [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 2 - 79, 2013.
Hesla, E., Brusso, B. Downey, L. Giese, B. Hesla, E. Parise, G., et al., "DC task team report," in Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Technical Conf (I&CPS), 2013 IEEE/IAS 49th, 2013, pp. 1 - 9.
Floyd, L., "Heroes Among Us [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 2 - 2, 2013.
Floyd, L., "Conversations? [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 2 - 4, 2013.
Floyd, L., "An Idea for Your Next Paper [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 2 - 2, 2013.
Floyd, L., "The Editor's Pen [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 4 - 4, 2012.
Floyd, L., "7 Billion Milestone [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 2 - 2, 2012.
Bridger, B. and Floyd, L., "[Letters to the Editor]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 4 - 4, 2012.
Floyd, H.L., "Make the Connection: Relating Electrical-Safety Maintenance to Reliability," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 74 - 80, 2012.
Landis Floyd, H., "Prevention Is Better Than a Cure: Electric Shock Injuries from Static Electricity Discharges," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 57 - 60, 2012.
Floyd, L., "If You Can Read This, Thank a Teacher [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 4 - 4, 2012.
Floyd, L., "A Lesson in Peer Review [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 2 - 2, 2012.
Floyd, L., "Publicizing Your Conference [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 2 - 2, 2012.
Floyd, H.L., "Facilitating application of electrical safety best practices to “other” workers," in Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW), 2012 IEEE IAS, 2012, pp. 1 - 6.
Floyd, L., "Three Million... and Growing [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 2 - 2, 2012.
Floyd, L., "Evolution of Electrical Technology [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 2 - 2, 2011.
Floyd, H.L., II, "Arc-Flash Hazard Mitigation," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 38 - 42, 2011.
Floyd, H.L., "Electric shock injuries from static electricity discharges," in Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW), 2011 IEEE IAS, 2011, pp. 1 - 3.
Floyd, L., "Opportunities in Automation and Control [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 2 - 2, 2011.
Floyd, L., "Responsibilities [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 2 - 78, 2011.
Floyd, L., "How We Communicate [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 2 - 2, 2011.
Floyd, H.L., "Safety-Management Systems," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 19 - 24, 2011.
Floyd, L., "Getting the Most Out of Your Magazine [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 2 - 2, 2011.
Floyd, L., "Arch-Flash Hazards in Electric Power Systems [From the Editor's Desk]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 2 - 2, 2011.
Doan, D., Floyd, L., and Jordan, B., "Milestones in Advancing Protection from Arc Hazards [History]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 7 - 9, 2011.
Floyd, H.L., Fayard, R.S. Staat, D. Sullivan, P.B., and Thornton, E.J., "Maintenance strategies for a new era in electrical safety," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (PCIC), 2010 Record of Conference Papers Industry Applications Society 57th Annual, 2010, pp. 1 - 12.
Floyd, H.L., "Prevention Through Design," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 14 - 16, 2010.
Floyd, H.L., "Making the connection with reliability & maintenance management systems," in Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW), 2010 IEEE IAS, 2010, pp. 89 - 94.
Floyd, H.L. and Liggett, D.P., "Hazard Mitigation Through Design," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 17 - 22, 2010.
Floyd, H.L., II, "Closing the Gaps in Arc Flash Hazard Mitigation A Review of US, Canada, and EU Standards," in Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2009. IAS 2009. IEEE, 2009, pp. 1 - 5.
Floyd, H.L., II, "Potential impact of ANSI Z10 and CSA Z1000 on reducing electric shock and arc flash injuries," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 2009. PCIC 2009. 2009 Record of Conference Papers - Industry Applications Society 56th Annual, 2009, pp. 1 - 6.
Doan, D.R., Fannon, J.S. Floyd, H.L., and Scarborough, M.S., "Railroad tracks: a potential source of ignition in hazardous ( classified) locations," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 62 - 67, 2009.
Floyd, H.L., "Toward a more globally effective standard for occupational electrical safety," in Electrical Safety Workshop, 2009. IEEE IAS, 2009, pp. 1 - 2.
Floyd, H.L., II, "Escaping arc danger," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 25 - 31, 2008.
Floyd, H.L. and Liggett, D.P., "The NIOSH “Prevention through Design” initiative applied to electrical hazards in construction," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Technical Conference, 2008. PCIC 2008. 55th IEEE, 2008, pp. 1 - 7.
Aeiker, J., Doan, D.R. Floyd, H.L., II Irwin, C. Tomiyoshi, L., and Wu, C.T., "Electrical safety program impact on process safety performance," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference Europe - Electrical and Instrumentation Applications, 2008. PCIC Europe 2008. 5th, 2008, pp. 1 - 6.
Doan, D.R., Fannon, J.S. Floyd, H.L., II, and Scarborough, M., "Railroad Tracks as a Potential Source of Ignition in Hazardous (Classified) Locations," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Technical Conference, 2007. PCIC '07. IEEE, 2007, pp. 1 - 5.
Floyd, H.L., "Arc flash hazard reduction: Learnings from the IEEE Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee," in Cement Industry Technical Conference Record, 2007. IEEE, 2007, pp. 255 - 262.
Jamil, S., Golding, A. Floyd, H.L., and Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., "Human Factors in Electrical Safety," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Technical Conference, 2007. PCIC '07. IEEE, 2007, pp. 1 - 8.
Floyd, L., "Getting the most out of the IAS- through membership growth [President's message]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 6 - 86, 2006.
Floyd, L., "Getting the most out of the IAS: your personal professional community [President's message]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 4 - 4, 2006.
Floyd, L., "Getting the most out of the IAS - through involvement in IEEE standards," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 4 - 5, 2006.
Floyd, L., "Getting the most out of the IAS: some things I've learned [President's message]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 4 - 5, 2006.
Floyd, L., "Getting the most out of the IAS-- reflections on our mission and vision [President's message]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 5 - 9, 2006.
Floyd, L., "Getting the most out of the IEEE Industry Applications Society - President's Message," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 6 - 9, 2005.
Floyd, L., "President's message - Getting the most out of the IAS: technical conferences," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 5 - 6, 2005.
Floyd, L., "Getting the most out of the IAS: publications," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 5 - 5, 2005.
Floyd, L., "President's message - Getting the most out of the IAS: Regional Chapter Activities," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 5 - 5, 2005.
Floyd, L., "President's message - Getting the most out of the IAS- Technical Committees," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 4 - 5, 2005.
Floyd, H.L., Doan, D.R. Wu, C.T., and Lovasic, S.L., "Arc flash hazards and electrical safety program implementation," in Industry Applications Conference, 2005. Fourtieth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2005, 2005, pp. 1919 - 1923 Vol. 3.
Floyd, L., "Getting the most out of the IAS - awards and recognition [President's message]," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 4 - 5, 2005.
Floyd, L., "New electrical safety web site," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 68 - 68, 2004.
Floyd, L., "Just the facts," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 7 - 7, 2004.
Floyd, L., "Electrical safety - The 2005 IEEE IAS electrical safety workshop," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 8 - 8, 2004.
Floyd, L., "Look up, look out for electrical safety!," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 11 - 11, 2004.
Floyd, L., "Electrical safety - Arc flash analysis: are we missing the point?," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 7 - 8, 2004.
Eastwood, K., Liggett, D.P. Bried, R., and Floyd, H.L., II, "The PCIC and electrical safety," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 25 - 31, 2004.
Floyd, L., "Electrical safety: We need a few more inventions and radical ideas," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 7 - 8, 2004.
Doan, D.R., Floyd, H.L., and Neal, T.E., "Comparison of methods for selecting personal protective equipment for arc flash hazards," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 963 - 969, 2004.
Floyd, L. and Doherty, M., "The heart and soul of your electrical safety culture," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 10 - 10, 2003.
Doan, D.R., Floyd, H.L., and Neal, T.E., "Comparison of methods for selecting personal protective equipment for arc flash hazards," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 2003. Record of Conference Papers. IEEE Industry Applications Society 50th Annual, 2003, pp. 335 - 342.
Floyd, L., "The IEEE electrical safety resource center," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 6 - 6, 2003.
Floyd, L. and Swencki, S., "Accidents always happen to the 'other guy'!," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 8 - 8, 2003.
Floyd, L., "The 2004 IEEE IAS electrical safety workshop," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 8 - 8, 2003.
Floyd, L., "An invitation to ias members from the ieee product safety committee," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 4 - 5, 2002.
Eastwood, K., Landis Floyd, H., II Liggett, D.P. Pace, D.A. Satish, C. Jamil, S., et al., "Key learnings from the IAS Electrical Safety Workshops," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 11 - 17, 2002.
Eastwood, K., Liggett, D.P. Bried, R., and Floyd, H.L., II, "A summary of the PCIC's impact on electrical safety," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 2001. IEEE Industry Applications Society 48th Annual, 2001, pp. 31 - 43.
Floyd, L., "Electrical safety activities and opportunities in the power systems engineering committee," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 9 - 9, 2001.
Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Mary, Floyd, H.L., II Eastwood, K., and Liggett, D.P., "How we can better learn from electrical accidents," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 16 - 23, 2000.
Floyd, H.L., Halpin, S.M., and Saunders, L.F., "An overview of the IEEE Color Books," in Industry Applications Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the 2000 IEEE, 2000, pp. 3226 - 3231 vol.5.
Bonner, S., Eastwood, K. Floyd, H.L., II Jamil, S. Liggett, D.P. Pace, D.A., et al., "Key learnings from IAS electrical safety workshops," in Industry Applications Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the 2000 IEEE, 2000, pp. 2767 - 2773 vol.4.
Doughty, R.L., Neal, T.E., and Floyd, H.L., II, "Predicting incident energy to better manage the electric arc hazard on 600-V power distribution systems," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 257 - 269, 2000.
Jamil, S., Floyd, H.L., and Pace, D.A., "Implementing electrical safety regulations and standards," Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 16 - 21, 1999.
Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Mary, Floyd, H.L., II Eastwood, K., and Liggett, D.P., "How we can better learn from electrical accidents," in Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, 1999 IEEE., 1999, pp. 8 pp..
Doughty, R.L., Neal, T.E., and Floyd, H.L., II, "Predicting incident energy to better manage the electric arc hazard on 600 V power distribution systems," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry conference, 1998. Industry Applications Society 45th Annual, 1998, pp. 329 - 346.
Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Mary, Floyd, H.L. Eastwood, K., and Liggett, D.P., "How we can better learn from electrical accidents," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry conference, 1998. Industry Applications Society 45th Annual, 1998, pp. 311 - 318.
Koval, D.O. and Floyd, H.L., II, "Human element factors affecting reliability and safety," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 406 - 414, 1998.
Jamil, S., Floyd, H.L., and Pace, D.A., "Effective implementation of electrical safety regulations and standards," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 1997. Record of Conference Papers. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Incorporated Industry Applications Society 44th Annual, 1997, pp. 337 - 342.
Floyd, H.L. and Nenninger, B.J., "Personnel safety and plant reliability considerations in the selection and use of voltage test instruments," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 367 - 373, 1997.
Koval, D.O. and Floyd, H.L., II, "Human element factors affecting reliability and safety," in Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, 1997. Conference Record, Papers Presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting., IEEE 1997, 1997, pp. 14 - 21.
Floyd, H.L. and Nenninger, B.J., "Personnel safety and plant reliability considerations in the selection and use of voltage test instruments," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 1995. Record of Conference Papers., Industry Applications Society 42nd Annual, 1995, pp. 327 - 333.
Cole, B.C., Doughty, R.L. Floyd, H.L. Jones, R.A., and Whelan, C., "Creating a continuous improvement environment for electrical safety," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 543 - 552, 1994.
Cole, B.C., Doughty, R.L. Floyd, H.L. Jones, R.A., and Whelan, C.D., "Creating a continuous improvement environment for electrical safety," in Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 1992, Record of Conference Papers., Industry Applications Society 39th Annual, 1992, pp. 275 - 283.
Floyd, H.L., II, "Reducing Human Errors in Industrial Electric Power System Operation, Part I-Improving System Reliability," Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on, vol. IA-22, no. 3, pp. 420 - 424, 1986.
Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ
Bachelor of Science
Engineering
, 1973
