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What is an occupational hazard?

What is an occupational hazard? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being which is present in a certain task, job, or profession.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) An unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment.
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Chronic paronychia is an occupational hazard of dishwashers, bar workers, hairdressers, and vegetable preparers.
Maybe it's an occupational hazard, but the volumes of feedback I receive function much more like the main branch of a library than a bookmobile.
There is a need to identify this condition as an occupational hazard and to develop strategies to reduce the risk.
Few of us who read habitually ever feel called upon to defend the practice-a kind of reader's acedia, an occupational hazard.
The practice is so commonplace that Arthur almost accepts it as an occupational hazard.
Health care workers are at a high risk of acquiring HAV infection as an occupational hazard.

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