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What does risk of occupational exposure mean?
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Workplace exposure.: It means that something you're exposed to in your workplace - either chemicals or irritants or gasses or biological materials - could do you harm.
Answered 11/22/2018
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Potentially harmful : Occupational exposure means at work you come in contact with a potentially harmful physical, chemical, or biological agent.
Answered 11/23/2018
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