risk of injury
collocation in Englishmeaningsofriskandinjury
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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(Definition ofriskandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Consequently, the power of the drive system is significantly lower than in industrial robots, and theriskofinjuryor environmental damage is negligible.
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During that time, each driver imposes a 5 percentriskofinjuryon each of the others.
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In atrioventricular septal defects, the atrioventricular node is posteriorly displaced and may be atriskofinjuryduring placement of both atrial and ventricular patches.
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All cannulas, or sheaths should be able to be introduced with minimal trauma andriskofinjury.
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In the clinical setting, these are often the patients who are constantly atriskofinjuryto their arm.
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Therefore, in any consequentialist analysis there looms theriskofinjuryto actual present patients.
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The invention of the mask in 1750 meant that longer passages of play became possible without undueriskofinjurybut also that higher levels of lighting became necessary.
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Health and medical care practitioners must all be insured against theriskofinjuryto patients.
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Whether applied to the head or the trunk, clinician-applied traction should be directed axially rather than laterally to reduce theriskofinjury.
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Should we consider this to be a case where the hang glider imposes a risk on walkers, or a case where walkers voluntarily impose theriskofinjuryon themselves?
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Clearly, theriskofinjuryto passengers in an accident is minimised if they are seated and wearing seatbelts.
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One makes it an offence to employ people in a room which is so overcrowded as to causeriskofinjuryto health.
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They aim to reduce the likelihood of accidents and theriskofinjuryfrom them.
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There is always someriskofinjury, for example, to the pregnant woman.
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There is in every pregnancy a risk to life and ariskofinjuryto health.
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That would reduce theriskofinjuryif an animal were to fall in transit.
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They are daily faced with theriskofinjury.
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It fills me with alarm to contemplate theriskofinjurywhich they are running if there were to be an accident.
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The matter is serious, because it relates to peril of death andriskofinjuryin mining operations today.
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Every worker in every industry runs ariskofinjury.
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