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 III 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
- MACRODYNE 1 500 Ton Hydraulic Press
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 17
- Days restricted or transferred
- 94
Before the incident
Held a utility knife in their right hand to cut material on the MACRODYNE [REDACTED] while they held the material down with their left arm.
What happened
As an employee held a utility knife in their right hand to cut material on the MACRODYNE [REDACTED] they held the material down with their left arm. While holding the material down as they cut above the machine indexed which moved the material forward. As the material moved the employee 's utility knife sliced the back of their left hand and up in between their index finger and middle finger.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the back of the left hand
Object or substance involved
utility knife
Summary line
Laceration to the back of the left hand from a utility knife.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Group III
- 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 #
- 513
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:30
- Time of incident
- 17:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 14JAN26:16:59:00
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.