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OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Dowagiac

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Creative Foam - Dowagiac in Dowagiac, MI 49047 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Supervisor 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
TPS2B Robot
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
41

The supervisor inspected the TPS 2 B Robot to help the packer determine why the part came off the fixture during the gluing process.

As the supervisor picked up the part the wind from a nearby fan blew the part with hot glue onto their right arm causing burns.

Burn to right forearm

part 's glue

Burn to right forearm from part glue.

Job description
Production Supervisor
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
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 #
371
Date of incident
Shift started
14:30
Time of incident
17:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
28JAN2025:17:35:00

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.