injury risk
Chance of hurt
Injury risk is the likelihood of physical harm occurring in a given activity or situation.
The phrase appears frequently in sports medicine, workplace safety, and insurance contexts: Runners with poor form have a higher injury risk.
Risk factors—age, fatigue, improper equipment—can increase or decrease injury risk.
Often used attributively: injury risk assessment, injury risk management.
- hazardSource of potential harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- freak accidentRare, unpredictable calamity
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- accidentUnintended harmful event
trauma · strain · sprain · fracture · tear · wear and tear · prevention · exposure · liability · precaution · severity · collision · contact sport · high impact · fall · impact · muscle · joint
- dangerhazard, peril, threat, menace, jeopardy
- riskdownside, product liability, threat assessment, peril, hazard
- Learning Obstaclesmotivation, burnout, plateaus, information overload, skill gaps
- workplace fatigueburnout, exhaustion, tiredness, weariness, stress
injury risksafety
Freedom from harm
protection · injury prevention · risk-free · security · safeguard
injury, risk, injure, injured, injuring, injuries, injurious, injuriously, risks