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OSHA Injury Report: Skowhegan Manufacturing

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

On , an other illness at Skowhegan Manufacturing in Skowhegan, ME 04976 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was assembler in athletic shoes manufacturing.

Establishment
Skowhegan Manufacturing
Parent company
New Balance
Street
17 Walnut Street
City
Skowhegan
State
ME
ZIP
04976
On-site location
Gold Value Stream Closing Dept
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
89

Stitching shoe uppers

Associate is a [REDACTED] veteran currently rotating between backtabs and second collar on [REDACTED] 's. SMART scans and ergonomic evaluations did not find any at-risk behaviors. She shared that the initial discomfort started a [REDACTED] when they were on a [REDACTED] that has the vinyl collar lining. Her rotation then was backtabs and second collar which she said she had to pinch on both operations. She has been seen both in [REDACTED] and proactively with this thumb hand over the [REDACTED].

radial styloid tenosynovitis of left thumb

Repetitive stitching

Left thumb pain Radial Styloid tenosynovitis - repetitive stitching

Job description
Assembler
SOC code
51-6042 — Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
316210 — Athletic shoes manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
235
Total hours worked
412917
EIN
42460172
Establishment ID
897974
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:13:08:00

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