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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Listlessness was an occupational hazard for monks, with their long, ritualized, repetitive days.
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Throngs of young fans swarmed the hotel, forcing the band to leave through a back corridor, an ongoing occupational hazard for the Beatles.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is facing an ongoing issue and it not a usual athletic occupational hazard.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
The theatre, because of the communal aspect of the work involved, is a place where falling in love is an occupational hazard.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
It’s become a bit of an occupational hazard, as well.
—Outside Online, 17 May 2025
An occupational hazard of writing about Twain is that the subject always finds a way to preempt his biographer and say it better himself.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
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
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Throngs of young fans swarmed the hotel, forcing the band to leave through a back corridor, an ongoing occupational hazard for the Beatles.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is facing an ongoing issue and it not a usual athletic occupational hazard.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
The theatre, because of the communal aspect of the work involved, is a place where falling in love is an occupational hazard.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
It’s become a bit of an occupational hazard, as well.
—Outside Online, 17 May 2025
An occupational hazard of writing about Twain is that the subject always finds a way to preempt his biographer and say it better himself.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
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
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“Occupational hazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occupational%20hazard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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