West Bend is a city where white-collar insurance headquarters share the landscape with blue-collar manufacturing shops and booming residential construction. WIN Injury Network serves workers across all sectors of Washington County's growing economy.
Get Free Case EvaluationWest Bend Mutual Insurance Company is the city's namesake employer and one of the largest property and casualty insurers in the Midwest. Ironically, while West Bend Mutual insures other businesses against workplace liability, its own employees face their own set of occupational hazards. Hundreds of office workers at the corporate campus experience ergonomic injuries from prolonged desk work — carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical spine deterioration, chronic lower back pain from inadequate workstation setup, and repetitive stress injuries from keyboard and mouse use. These claims are often dismissed as minor, but they can require surgery, cause permanent disability, and end careers. WIN Injury Network takes ergonomic and office injury claims seriously because the pain and limitations are every bit as real as a factory injury.
Gehl Company — now part of Manitou Group — has deep roots in West Bend as a manufacturer of compact construction equipment, skid steers, and telescopic handlers. Workers assembling these machines handle heavy steel components, operate welding and painting equipment, and test hydraulic systems under high pressure. A hydraulic line failure during testing can release fluid at pressures capable of penetrating skin — hydraulic injection injuries are medical emergencies that can result in amputation if not treated immediately. The broader manufacturing sector in Washington County includes Delta Defense (firearms accessories), Amity Leather Products, and numerous smaller machine shops and fabricators that support the regional industrial economy.
Washington County's rapid residential and commercial growth has turned West Bend into a construction hotspot. New subdivisions, retail developments, and road improvement projects keep construction crews busy year-round. Residential construction workers face the highest per-capita fatality rate of any occupation in Wisconsin — falls from roofs, scaffold collapses, trench cave-ins, and electrocution from overhead power lines claim lives and cause permanent disabilities every year. The transient nature of construction work means that injured workers may have difficulty identifying their actual employer, especially when subcontractors and staffing agencies blur the lines. WIN Injury Network helps West Bend construction workers untangle these employment relationships to ensure the correct workers' comp insurance covers their claim.
WIN Injury Network represents injured workers throughout Washington County, including Hartford, Slinger, Jackson, Germantown, Kewaskum, and Richfield. We also serve workers from Dodge and Ozaukee counties who commute to West Bend-area employers.
Wisconsin law requires that you report your workplace injury to your employer within 30 days. You then have 2 years from the date of injury to file a workers' compensation claim. Office workers with gradual-onset conditions like carpal tunnel should note that the filing period begins when a doctor informs you the condition is work-related. Construction workers should report every injury immediately, even if it seems minor at first. Contact WIN Injury Network to protect your West Bend workers' comp claim.
Whether your injury happened at a desk in the West Bend Mutual offices, on a construction site in a new subdivision, or on the assembly floor at a Gehl manufacturing facility, WIN Injury Network will evaluate your claim at no cost and fight for the full workers' comp benefits you deserve.