Frontierwatch

Seven days left to an injury-free month! People are afraid to go to the doctor at South Pole because he will ask them to fill out forms, which means their visit will be announced to their supervisor, who will have to fill out more paperwork, and the supervisor will then take heat from Denver or the Safety Representative, who are hell-bent on Injury-Free Months. A woman who went to Medical recently to get some hydrocortisone for a rash was told by the doctor that if he gave her hydrocortisone she would have to fill out the forms for a recordable injury. She asked if recording the injury would effect her bonus, and was told it might. She asked if she could just have a little hydrocortisone without the paperwork. The doctor said no, but offered some vaseline, which could be dispensed without paperwork. The woman with the rash left South Pole Medical, the only source of pharmaceuticals and medical care at Pole, with some vaseline. Seven days left to an injury-free month!