A 29-year-old man was rushed to hospital after a serious work accident at a construction site in Outremont Monday morning.

A construction worker at the Durocher St. work site for the Universite de Montreal science complex has been impaled after a fall, reports say. The complex is being built at the Outremont rail yards.

The man fell from the second floor, about five metres up, at about 7:25 a.m. and sustained injuries to his back and legs. He's expected to survive.

Quebec’s workplace safety board CNESST is investigating.