"occupational hazard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: occupational hazards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} occupational hazard (plural occupational hazards)
  1. A substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being which is present in a certain task, job, or profession. Translations (substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being): risco laboral [masculine] (Galician), Berufsrisiko [neuter] (German), riesgo laboral (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-occupational_hazard-en-noun-nIx0EAE5 Disambiguation of "substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being": 99 1
  2. (figuratively, by extension) An unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment. Tags: broadly, figuratively Translations (an unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment): aléas du métier [masculine, plural] (French), risques du métier [masculine, plural] (French), Berufsrisiko [neuter] (German), סיכון מקצועי [masculine] (Hebrew), rischio del mestiere (Italian), ossos do ofício [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), gajes del oficio [masculine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-occupational_hazard-en-noun-lY6-wjI5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of "an unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment": 1 99

Inflected forms

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