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Hill County Commission Administrative Assistant Sheri Williams, also the county’s safety coordinator, said the county’s WorkSafe Champions classes will begin later this month, and she’s put together a 14-person committee that will take what is learned from those classes and use it to improve the county’s safety culture.

She said Hill County has one of the highest workers’ compensation rates in the state, and she’s hoping this program will help get that situation under control, improve safety at the county and save tax-payers some money in the process.

She said the classes will be split into nine one hour to hour-and-a-half-long modules, and she’s gotten participants from every department, especially those which have particularly high workers’ comp rates.

She said the goal is for these classes to be fun and interesting, but attendance will be important and show that the county’s various departments at all levels are committed to improving the county’s work culture.