Patients affected by the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at high risk of falling; the consequences of falling may include a diminished quality of life and socioeconomic problems. Falling is one of the most common adverse events in hospitalized patients. The main of this paper is to present the research on falling of patients with COPD during the admission. The Morse Fall Scale (MFS) was used to determine a patient´s likelihood of falling and, if necessary, to design a health care plan for high risk patients. Moreover, the research showed whether there is a reassessment of the fall risk when a change in the patient's condition occurred, during a transfer to another ward or patient discharge. In addition, the number of adverse events i.e. falls was taken into account. Furthermore, the research was used to to determine whether there is a difference in risk assessment while using the Morse Fall Scale with respect to the patients' age and gender. The study was conducted in the period between January 01, 2017 and June, 30 2017 at the Clinical Center for Pulmonary Diseases Jordanovac at University Hospital Center Zagreb. The retrograde processed data were taken from the hospital operating system BIS (Hospital information system) at Jordanovac. The study included 100 COPD patients (of both sexes) who were hospitalized at the Clinical Center during the aforementioned period of time. The study results showed that 88% of patients were at risk of falling (57% patients were at high risk, 29% patients were at a low risk). A health care plan in the event of falling was devised only for 20% of the patients. 4/100 patients fell during hospital stay. The study shows that COPD patients are at increased risk of falling, especially the elderly ones. The Morse scale made it possible to identify the possible risk factors of falls in COPD. A continuous assessment of the patient’s likelihood to fall, further education and a sufficient number of nurses and medical technicians are necessary in order to prevent the falls.