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 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
- No specified location
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
The employee stated there was no particular incident at work but noted shortness of breath beginning [REDACTED] to [REDACTED]. The employee failed to report the symptoms saying At the time it wasn 't really a problem as the days went by it got a little worse.
What happened
The employee stated there was no particular incident at work but noted shortness of breath beginning [REDACTED] to [REDACTED]. The employee failed to report the symptoms saying At the time it wasn 't really a problem as the days went by it got a little worse. The employee couldn 't specify a specific location where the symptoms occurred and denied any unsafe conditions or hazards. Still they referenced being issue symptom-free since not working around any smoke. The employee brought in medical paperwork on [REDACTED] and the facility referred the employee to a workers ' compensation doctor on [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
Shortness of breath
Object or substance involved
smoke exposure
Summary line
Shortness of breath from smoke exposure.
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 #
- 579
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 14JAN26:17:19:00
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.