hand sanitiser he mistook for water while operating the tills. Arran Lawson was working in the Scotmid Prestonpans High Street branch when he accidentally took a gulp of the chemical substance on Friday night.
The 22-year-old was left in agony as the liquid burned his throat and stomach, writes the Daily Record. He vomited in the staff toilet following the incident.An ambulance rushed to the scene at around 10pm, and the store closed early.He was raced to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and kept in overnight for treatment.The supermarket worker said: "It was traumatising and scary for it to happen."I always have a bottle of water with me on my shift especially now we wear face masks as you can get dehydrated.“I got distracted on the tills while.
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