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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
Purple Value Stream Leather Cutting
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days away from work
35
Days restricted or transferred
32

Cutting Leather

Associate is unsure of the root cause she mentioned possibly maneuvering the chewbaca material whereas the hides are larger than the cutting block. This is periodical work but with the move the operator is reaching over the block and picking up the end of the rolled hide to place on the bench (see attached). There have been discussions around double butt hides and larger hides due to the over processing required by leather cutters and the risks seen trying to accommodate these.

Strain of right shoulder

Use of leather cutting machine as well bigger hides being processed

Right shoulder strain sprain

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 #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:13:15:00

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.