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Good dogs! Making it seem easy to provide comfort in the community (no treats needed)

Ask TECO’s Kathleen Waligore if old dogs can learn new tricks and she’ll tell you about a pair of eight-year-old Shih Tzu mixes that over the course of six months went from not-housebroken to experts at providing comfort and healing. Waligore, manager of Corporate Cash, is the proud owner of Diamond and Ebony – and a novice dog owner at that – after a visit to the Humane Society of Tampa…

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Make staying hydrated a high priority: Drink water!

The work that many Tampa Electric, Peoples Gas and New Mexico Gas Co. team members do to serve our customers with 99.9 percent reliability, from climbing power poles to installing natural gas equipment, inspecting meters and much more, involves many hours in the sun. And with safety as our top priority at TECO, we insist that every company team member – working outdoors and indoors alike – stay hydrated with…

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USF athletic trainers bring their A-game to Tampa Electric team members’ safety

A partnership between Tampa Electric’s safety team and athletic trainers from the University of South Florida’s Sports Medicine & Athletic Related Trauma (SMART) Institute is scoring points for accident prevention. The program came out of a series of presentations to Tampa Electric team members about ergonomics given by Dr. Barbara Morris, an adjunct professor of Athletic Training at USF. The enthusiastic response to the presentations among linemen got Morris and…

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