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OSHA Injury Report: Skowhegan Manufacturing

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury 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
Rework area
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5
Days restricted or transferred
15

Lifting boxes

Supervisor lifted a master carton of rework from floor level onto finished good skid-instantly felt a pop in their back (right side) and shooting pain to their knee.

Strain

Lifting object - bad body posture - maybe should have used tool for the job (dolly)

back strain radiating into right knee foot - lifting master carton from floor to cart felt pop

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 #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:13:39:00

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.