fatal injury

collocation in English

meaningsoffatalandinjury

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fatal
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.təl/us
/ˈfeɪ.t̬əl/
A fatal illness, accident, etc. ...
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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 offatalandinjuryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The interval between death orfatalinjuryof suspect and victim was 3 or fewer days in 144 incidents.
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Death orfatalinjurywas on the same day in 133 (92 %) incidents, separated by 1 day in six, by 2 days in three and by 3 days in two.
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In one there was afatalinjury; in the others no injury occurred.
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The overallfatalinjuryrate for the self-employed has fallen again in 1995–96 to the record low of 1.6 per 100,000 workers.
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I therefore commend the new schedule, which would provide for clearer details and more compensation forfatalinjurycases.
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The risk offatalinjuryis low on the railways and that will inevitably influence the actions of rail managers, possibly making them complacent.
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All cases offatalinjuryin the course of work activity are reported to the enforcement authorities.
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There is a high rate of industrial injury and sometimes, regrettably,fatalinjury.
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There is certainly no published evidence to suggest that the use of adult belts by small children increases the risk of serious orfatalinjury.
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A single punch outside a public house to a person who has an eggshell skull can result in afatalinjury.
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There was onefatalinjury, and 2 serious and 24 slight injuries.
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The estimatedfatalinjuryrate for employees for 1992–93 is the lowest on record, at 7.5 per 100,000.
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In other words, for every reportedfatalinjury, there are 30 major injuries in the industry, many of them potentially fatal.
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Unless you get the very best men for management—as, indeed, for the whole service—you will do the service afatalinjury.
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The proposed new schedule refers tofatalinjury.
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All three refused to do so, stating that they had seen severe brain damage andfatalinjuryboth with and without cycle helmets being worn.
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Since 1974, thefatalinjuryrate for all workers—both employees and the self-employed—has fallen substantially.
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