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OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Dowagiac

Respiratory condition · Other recordable case

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.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Respiratory condition (code 3)

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 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].

Shortness of breath

smoke exposure

Shortness of breath from smoke exposure.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
17:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
14JAN26:17:19:00

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.