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OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Dowagiac

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Creative Foam - Dowagiac in Dowagiac, MI 49047 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was group III 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
Macrodyne 1 - 500 ton hydraulic press
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
38

Attempting to lift scrap metal

The employee strained their lower back while lifting scrap material.

Strain to lower back from lifting scrap metal.

Scrap metal

Strain to lower back from lifting scrap metal.

Job description
Group III
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326150 — Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
268
Total hours worked
488212
EIN
381905349
Establishment ID
522032
Employer case #
261
Date of incident
Shift started
22:30
Time of incident
3:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28JAN2025:17:14:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.