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OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Dowagiac

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Creative Foam - Dowagiac in Dowagiac, MI 49047 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was group A in foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing.

Establishment
Creative Foam - Dowagiac
Parent company
Creative Foam Corporation
Street
55210 Rudy Road
City
Dowagiac
State
MI
ZIP
49047
On-site location
Box Truck and Dock #43
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
27

Removing a wheel chock from the left side rear tire on a box truck.

After removing a wheel chock from the left side rear tire an employee walked around the chock and tripped on it causing them to fall in between the box truck and another semi in [REDACTED]. The chock smacked the back of their leg as they fell and landed on them when they hit the ground.

Sprained left foot

wheel chock

Sprained left foot on wheel chock.

Job description
Group A
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
326150 — Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
283
Total hours worked
509870
EIN
381905349
Establishment ID
522032
Employer case #
467
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
13:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
14JAN26:16:44:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.