occupational hazard
noun
: an injury or ailment resulting from the work one does or from the environment in which one works
Hand injuries are an occupational hazard for typists.
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For him, dirty water has simply become an occupational hazard.
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Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
Playing tragic women has always been an occupational hazard for opera sopranos.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Chelsea wants the 26-year-old to play out from the back with the ball at his feet and his comes with an occupational hazard.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
By Kate Graham-Shaw Ancient Egyptians might have understood an occupational hazard of today’s office workers: an achy back and neck.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
The Egyptian men assumed one of three positions that became an occupational hazard, the study authors found.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 June 2024
Yet few if any enforceable rules exist that could protect workers from what is becoming a widespread occupational hazard.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
In short, trauma is an occupational hazard of the job.
—Sadie Elisseou, STAT, 23 May 2024
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Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
Playing tragic women has always been an occupational hazard for opera sopranos.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Chelsea wants the 26-year-old to play out from the back with the ball at his feet and his comes with an occupational hazard.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
—F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
By Kate Graham-Shaw Ancient Egyptians might have understood an occupational hazard of today’s office workers: an achy back and neck.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
The Egyptian men assumed one of three positions that became an occupational hazard, the study authors found.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 June 2024
Yet few if any enforceable rules exist that could protect workers from what is becoming a widespread occupational hazard.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
In short, trauma is an occupational hazard of the job.
—Sadie Elisseou, STAT, 23 May 2024
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“Occupational hazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occupational%20hazard. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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