Dowagiac, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Dowagiac
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Creative Foam - Dowagiac in Dowagiac, MI 49047 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was group V 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
- Mac 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
An employee trained and authorized to use a fire extinguisher extinguished an incipient fire.
What happened
An employee trained and authorized to use a fire extinguisher extinguished an incipient fire on [REDACTED]. After extinguishing the fire they walked away from the machine and began to feel a burning sensation in their chest and nausea.
Injury or illness
Smoke inhalation
Object or substance involved
smoke
Summary line
Smoke inhalation from [REDACTED] fire.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Group V
- 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 #
- 503
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 14JAN26:16:55:00
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.