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.
Examples of occupational hazard in a Sentence
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Stirring up antipathy is always going to be an occupational hazard for people who study misinformation, rumors, pseudoscience and quackery.
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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
But his aggressive racing style had an occupational hazard: dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of crashes.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 23 May 2024
Drugs were an occupational hazard, Ms. Johnson said.
—Ruth La Ferla, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
Assassination was the main occupational hazard of ruling the Roman Empire: More than a dozen Roman rulers met violent ends between Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. and Severus Alexander.
—Kyle Harper, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
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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
But his aggressive racing style had an occupational hazard: dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of crashes.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 23 May 2024
Drugs were an occupational hazard, Ms. Johnson said.
—Ruth La Ferla, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
Assassination was the main occupational hazard of ruling the Roman Empire: More than a dozen Roman rulers met violent ends between Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. and Severus Alexander.
—Kyle Harper, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
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“Occupational hazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occupational%20hazard. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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