Visit the workplace? What’s wrong with it?

It was the human resources (HR) lady on the phone. I was at the clinic room in a factory, ‘doing a list’ for hand-arm vibration syndrome. I got the uneasy feeling that by making the request, I was seeking to break a local tradition of clinician insulation from the workplace. ‘I am required to visit the workplace and see the workers at work’, I explained, ‘... it’s part of health surveillance’. A short write up and a binary ruling of ‘fit’ or ‘unfit’ was really what management was after. There were not meant to be any twists to the oft told tale ... and surely no role for an Oliver asking for more. What the Dickens was I trying to do?

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