Ankeny, Iowa is a thriving city located just north of the Des Moines metro. They’ve seen substantial growth in population, which carries over into both the city’s school district, and affects the number of jobs. In fact, according to bestplaces.net, Ankeny is predicted to grow their job market by 45% in the next ten years. Right now their current top occupation fields are business jobs related to sales and admin services. The next top occupation field in Ankeny, IA is the construction, transportation, and maintenance fields. We’re all aware that these are demanding jobs and sometimes require workers to put themselves in dangerous situations like working along the highway or on scaffolding. While working, it’s possible one might experience a fall, or become injured and have to stop working for a couple of months.

We’ve partnered with many individuals in Ankeny that work at manufacturing facilities such as Accumold, Mrs. Clark’s Foods, Sysco Food Services, and Tone’s Spices. Since the suburb is located on the outskirts of Des Moines, it has the space and resources to help manufacturing businesses thrive. If you’ve recently been injured at work, the first step after visiting a doctor is to hire a workers comp lawyer. You want to make sure you’re fairly treated throughout the process that follows, and that nobody takes advantage of your situation.

Since Ankeny is only about 15 minutes away from our Des Moines office, we encourage central Iowa residents to call us today if they have been injured while working. Throughout the past couple of decades, Carpenter Law Firm has helped hundreds of Iowans with their work comp cases, and you could be next! Your immediate choices following a work injury could mean the difference between receiving compensation or not. Don’t leave anything up to chance if you feel your employer, an insurance company, or an individual has unjustly treated you. Along with workers’ compensation, we help people near Ankeny with car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, and wrongful death lawsuits.

Even though more safety procedures are implemented throughout the years, injuries are always a possibility. Most of the time, cases will be handled correctly, but unfortunately, that won’t be the case for everyone — and that’s where we come in. Over the years we’ve had the chance to meet and help many families and individuals from Ankeny, and we look forward to continuing to do so in the future. As a sign of our commitment to clients in Ankeny and throughout the entire state, we offer a free consultation to anyone who has been injured at work or in a car accident. To arrange your consultation today, call us at 515-244-9907 (or 1-800-544-9907 toll-free) or leave us a message online.