Dowagiac, MI —
OSHA Injury Report: Creative Foam - Dowagiac
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Creative Foam - Dowagiac in Dowagiac, MI 49047 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
- Inline Vac 09 - Vac Former
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Lowering totes onto an empty skid at [REDACTED] 9.
What happened
As an employee lowered totes onto an empty skid at Inline 9 they turned their body while bending causing a strain to their lower back.
Injury or illness
Strained lower back
Object or substance involved
totes
Summary line
Strain to lower back from twisting while lowering tote.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Group
- 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 #
- 376
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 28JAN2025:17:40:00
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.