Objective To analyze the death situation of workers in Anshan iron and steel group corporation, find the main death causes of them and provide scientific evidence for developing strategies for disease control and prevention and health education. Methods The data, came from the annual registration of dead workers of the Group, death registrations of insurance company and death database of Anshan city from 2001 to 2003, were collected and classified with ICD-9. Results Workers over 50 years old accounted for 37.42%, and retired workers over 60 years old nearly 50 000 people. The top five death caused were cerebral-vascular disease (CVD), malignant tumor, coronary heart disease (CHD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), injury and poisoning. The mortality rate were 174.91 / 105, 110.56 / 105, 83.28 / 105, 33.27 / 105, and 29.30 / 105, respectively. The sequence of death cause in male workers was in accordance with that in overall population, and the first and second death cause in female workers was malignant tumor and CVD, others were in accordance with those in overall population. Conclusion Chronic diseases are the main diseases impacting the health and life of the workers.