Workplace physical aggressions in Italy and Emilia Romagna region.

Background: Workplace physical aggressions determine severe consequences for people and organizations. Previous studies reported their spread in organizations and described factors related to their occurrence (e.g.

[Occupational accidents among immigrant women in the Italian North-Eastern regions (Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia)].

Objectives: to describe occupational accidents among foreign women working in two regions of North-Eastern Italy, in the perspective of a desirable prevention policy.

Setting And Design: frequency distribution of occupational accidents among foreign women covered by the National Institute for Insurance against Work Accidents (INAIL) in 2000.

Participants: foreign female workers employed in two regions of North-Eastern Italy.