occupational injury

occupational injury
n. A disease or injury contracted as a result of prolonged exposure to unsafe substances or conditions in the natural course of one's employment, where the risk of such condition or injury is greater than that prevalent in the general population.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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