safety violation

collocation in English

meaningsofsafetyandviolation

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safety
noun[U]
uk
/ˈseɪf.ti/us
/ˈseɪf.ti/
a state in which or a place where you are safe and not in danger or ...
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violation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
an action that breaks or acts against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated ...
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(Definition ofsafetyandviolationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsafety violation

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The company failed to notify authorities about the spill for 18 hours, anothersafetyviolationfor which it was later cited.
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It exposes potential safety violations and, upon demand, explains its reasoning by drawing value flow graphs over the program text.
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Their editors use online realtime syntax coloring algorithms,5 the run-time environments trap segmentation faults and highlight their source location, but that is much less useful than catching safety violations.
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Inspectors found 270 safety violations that had been previously cited but not fixed and 439 new violations.
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Many type-safe languages allow memory safety violations resulting from unsafe type casting to be detected by compiler.
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City inspectors were sent to over 300 demolition sites to check for safety violations.
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This was on the grounds that students were no longer capable of independent maintenance of the physical plant, citing several safety violations.
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These are special cases of memory safety violations.
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It is the employer's responsibility to find and fix workplace safety violations and to ensure the safety of its workers.
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Work at the site was halted for several days for safety violations.
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Misses add 5 seconds to the competitor's time; safety violations and other procedural violations add 10 seconds.
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He says that the safety violations were trivial and included violations such as not having enough toilet paper in the restroom.
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She had told the reporter she would bring evidence of irregularities and safety violations at the plutonium fuel rods plant where she worked.
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Flagrant safety violations, modification of equipment or not following officials instructions can result in disqualification.
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The bus tire was apparently recapped; the bus charter company had a history of safety violations, and the driver had a criminal record.
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This public distrust is periodically reinforced by safety violations by nuclear companies, or through ineffectiveness or corruption on the part of nuclear regulatory authorities.
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She experienced several mechanical breakdowns, fires, incidents of illegal waste dumping, and safety violations for which she was detained at port pending repairs.
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They later contradicted this by stating that they had issued stop work orders in 2006 and 2007 over safety violations.
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Undercover investigations have been successful in exposing animal cruelty and food safety violations.
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This public distrust is periodically reinforced by nuclear safety violations, or through ineffectiveness or corruption of the nuclear regulatory authorities.
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