An accident at work is any unwanted and unplanned event that can result in injury, health damage to workers, material loss or environmental pollution. Analyzing all accidents at work with a fatal consequence in the Primorsko goranska county in the period from 2013. to 2019. we came to the conclusion that their number decreased significantly compared to the data obtained from the 1987. thesis. Out of a total of 37 fatal accidents at work, in 20 cases the manner of death was a natural cause. The causes were myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy and rupture of the basal trunk artery aneurysm. 17 accidents at work involved violent deaths. The highest number of accidents was between the ages of 46-60. Looking at gender, they are mostly all men, except for 5 cases of women who died due to a natural cause. In terms of occupation, the highest number of accidents at work was among construction workers (6) and loggers (5). The most common causes of violence were polytrauma and severe head injuries. Of these, the most common mechanism of injury was a fall from a height and a fall of an object (wood, wall) on the head and chest. Croatia is at the very top of the scale in the European Union in the number of fatal accidents at work with 3.34 fatal accidents per 100,000 workers (Methodology of statistical reporting on injuries at work, K. Miketa, Karlovac Polytechnic, 2016). Given the very low awareness of both workers and employers about the importance of occupational safety and health, it is necessary to raise their awareness of this issue.