Adelaide school worker wins compensation over throat injury caused by hand sanitiser

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A close-up shot of hand sanitiser and a QR code outside a cafe in Hobart's CBD.


An Adelaide woman has won workers compensation because of a throat injury caused by the use of hand sanitiser at the school she worked at from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The woman’s condition was made worse because of students’ use of perfumes and deodorants, especially when a girl sprayed a scent through a portable fan.

The South Australian Employment Tribunal also ruled that the woman — Tracey Reimers — should be reinstated in her job the Department for Education.

She will also be paid for work lost and medical expenses that began in April 2020.

Ms Reimers had worked as a school support officer at Hallett Cove School since 2013, but in 2020 she was assigned to years 10–12 rather than younger students.

She had had trouble with irritation to her throat before, but found it much worse among the older students, who she said seemed like they were bathing in deodorant, perfume and aftershave.



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