All areas of injury and accident law are covered by Tom Methvin for the Montgomery Personal Injury Lawyer blog. Tom deals with defective products, car, truck, SUV, motorcycle, and tractor-trailer accidents, worksite injuries and accidents, and all other areas of injury law in the state of Alabama. http://montgomery.injuryboard.com/tag/Construction+Accident/ <p> </p> <p>A man buried in a <a href="http://www.myfoxal.com/dpp/news/20090325_Update_on_Accident_Victim">construction accident</a> in St. Clair County on Tuesday, is now listed in serious condition at UAB Hospital.</p> <p>The man was using a backhoe to move dirt at an auto salvage yard on Old Coal City Road when portions of the dirt wall collapsed and buried him inside the cab of the backhoe.</p> <p>Rescuers arrived on the scene and it took them nearly two hours to dig him out.</p> <p>He was airlifted to UAB Hospital for treatment of his injuries. No further information is available at this time.</p> <p>According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, construction accidents account for over 400,000 injuries each year.</p> <p> </p><a href="http://montgomery.injuryboard.com/workplace-injuries/construction-worker-in-serious-condition-after-accident.aspx?googleid=260302">Originally posted</a> at <a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com">InjuryBoard</a> by <a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/Chrissie-Cole/">Chrissie Cole</a> http://montgomery.injuryboard.com/workplace-injuries/construction-worker-in-serious-condition-after-accident.aspx?googleid=260302 Montgomery Personal Injury Lawyer - Construction Accident Workplace Injuries Construction Accident Construction Safety Chrissie Cole Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:33:00 GMT