A Massachusetts group is promoting worker safety after a state highway inspector was killed on the job Sept. 14, according to a Sept. 16 report in the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) SmartBrief newsletter.

Gregory Vilidnitsky, 57, was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver at a construction site on Route 9 in Framingham, according to a WBZ-Boston report. ^[1]

The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MASSCOSH) safety watchdog group is now calling for more standards when it comes to road and highway workzones.

“It doesn’t take a drunk driver to get this close to a worker,” said MASSCOSH Executive Director Marcy Goldstein- Gelb in the WBZ report, holding her finger and thumb close together.

Road construction worker Ernie Thomas said in the WBZ report, “I’ve had several close calls over the years. I imagine everyone in this business has.”