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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And while this is an occupational hazard, the Rays seem uniquely protected this season. —John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2025

This is an occupational hazard linked to the coal industry in West Virginia and Kentucky. —Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025

These sorts of conflicts are an occupational hazard in Florida neighborhoods governed by CDD boards and homeowners associations, said Andrea Anderson, a lawyer who specializes in HOA and CDD law and has worked on similar cases in the Kissimmee area. —Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2024

For him, dirty water has simply become an occupational hazard. —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

Rhymes for occupational hazard

• haphazard