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OSHA Injury Report: Skowhegan Manufacturing

Other illness · Days away from work

On , an other illness at Skowhegan Manufacturing in Skowhegan, ME 04976 resulted in days away from work. 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
Orange Value Stream Assembly
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days away from work
142

Working at table repair shoes and then tag them before putting them in box

ssociate works in the reduced rate line primarily in Orisol but is trained in Prefit and Assembly and goes to different departments as needed. She shared that the pain started due to squeezing the tagging gun and repairing shoes.

Strain of right elbow

Tagging gun and repetition of movements at Repair table

Right elbow strain - repetitive repair and use of tagging gun

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 #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:13:12:00

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.