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That isn't to say that the skewer is particularly weak, and encased in the hub I doubt it can deform very much. Since it's usual purpose is to apply tension along its length I'm not actually sure that weighting it would be a problem, unless it broke through which seems unlikely.
TL;DR it's probably safer than you think, what would be the intended purpose?