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 production Supervisor 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
- TPS2B Robot
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 41
Before the incident
The supervisor inspected the TPS 2 B Robot to help the packer determine why the part came off the fixture during the gluing process.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Burn to right forearm
Object or substance involved
part 's glue
Summary line
Burn to right forearm from part glue.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:30
- Time of incident
- 17:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:17:35:00
Source
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.