Dowagiac, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Dowagiac
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Creative Foam - Dowagiac in Dowagiac, MI 49047 resulted in days away from work. Employee was group in foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Creative Foam - Dowagiac
- Parent company
- Creative Foam Corporation
- Street
- 55210 Rudy Road
- City
- Dowagiac
- State
- MI
- ZIP
- 49047
- On-site location
- Baler Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
- Days restricted or transferred
- 4
Before the incident
Swept up scrap in the [REDACTED] area with a broom.
What happened
While an employee swept up scrap in the [REDACTED] area with a broom they felt a sharp pain in the lower left side of their back.
Injury or illness
Strain to lower left back
Object or substance involved
broom
Summary line
Strain to lower left back from sweeping.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Group
- 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 #
- 501
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:30
- Time of incident
- 22:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 14JAN26:16:51:00
Source
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.