# Herniated discs at Defender Security Company
> OSHA SIR `2015021132` · 2/4/2015 · CHATHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Herniated discs
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Chairs
## Employer
- **Name:** Defender Security Company
- **Location:** 109 Grindstone Ct, CHATHAM, ILLINOIS, 62629
- **NAICS:** 561621
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was sitting at the kitchen table of a customer's house filling out paperwork when the chair broke underneath him.  The employee fell and hit his neck, suffering a herniated disk in his neck that will require surgery.

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