diff --git a/docs/events.md b/docs/events.md
index fbee5d7..44d289c 100644
--- a/docs/events.md
+++ b/docs/events.md
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ each carrying the worker instance:
 | `WorkerRunningEvent` | after every iteration               |
 | `WorkerStoppedEvent` | once, after the worker has stopped  |
 
+`WorkerStoppedEvent` is also dispatched if the job throws an exception.
+In that case the exception is available via `$event->exception` and is rethrown afterwards,
+so listeners can clean up resources and still distinguish a crash from a regular stop:
+
+```php
+use Patchlevel\Worker\Event\WorkerStoppedEvent;
+
+$eventDispatcher->addListener(
+    WorkerStoppedEvent::class,
+    static function (WorkerStoppedEvent $event): void {
+        if ($event->exception !== null) {
+            // the worker crashed
+        }
+    },
+);
+```
 All [limits](getting-started.md#limits) are implemented as event subscribers
 (`StopWorkerOnIterationLimitListener`, `StopWorkerOnMemoryLimitListener`,
 `StopWorkerOnTimeLimitListener`, `StopWorkerOnSignalListener`),
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index d84e8f2..1685ec1 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ The job receives a `$stop` callback: calling it tells the worker to exit the loo
 after the current iteration has finished. The worker never aborts a running job —
 stopping always happens *between* iterations, so your job is never interrupted halfway.
 
+If the job throws an exception, the worker stops, dispatches the `WorkerStoppedEvent`
+and rethrows the exception, so the process exits with an error.
+
 ## Limits
 
 All options are optional. Without limits the worker runs until it is stopped
diff --git a/src/DefaultWorker.php b/src/DefaultWorker.php
index 42d5cc3..82c090b 100644
--- a/src/DefaultWorker.php
+++ b/src/DefaultWorker.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use Psr\Log\NullLogger;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
+use Throwable;
 
 use function max;
 use function usleep;
@@ -44,41 +45,47 @@ public function run(int $sleepTimer = 1000): void
 
         $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(new WorkerStartedEvent($this));
 
-        while (!$this->shouldStop) {
-            $this->logger?->debug('Worker starting job run');
+        $exception = null;
 
-            $startTime = $this->milliseconds();
+        try {
+            while (!$this->shouldStop) {
+                $this->logger?->debug('Worker starting job run');
 
-            ($this->job)($this->stop(...));
+                $startTime = $this->milliseconds();
 
-            $endTime = $this->milliseconds();
-            $ranTime = $endTime - $startTime;
+                ($this->job)($this->stop(...));
 
-            $this->logger?->debug('Worker finished job run ({ranTime}ms)', ['ranTime' => $ranTime]);
+                $endTime = $this->milliseconds();
+                $ranTime = $endTime - $startTime;
 
-            $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(new WorkerRunningEvent($this));
+                $this->logger?->debug('Worker finished job run ({ranTime}ms)', ['ranTime' => $ranTime]);
 
-            if ($this->shouldStop) {
-                break;
-            }
+                $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(new WorkerRunningEvent($this));
 
-            $sleepFor = max($sleepTimer - $ranTime, 0);
+                if ($this->shouldStop) {
+                    break;
+                }
 
-            if ($sleepFor <= 0) {
-                continue;
-            }
+                $sleepFor = max($sleepTimer - $ranTime, 0);
 
-            $this->logger?->debug('Worker sleep for {sleepTimer}ms', ['sleepTimer' => $sleepFor]);
-            usleep($sleepFor * 1000);
-        }
+                if ($sleepFor <= 0) {
+                    continue;
+                }
 
-        $this->shouldStop = false;
+                $this->logger?->debug('Worker sleep for {sleepTimer}ms', ['sleepTimer' => $sleepFor]);
+                usleep($sleepFor * 1000);
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable $exception) {
+            throw $exception;
+        } finally {
+            $this->shouldStop = false;
 
-        $this->logger?->debug('Worker stopped');
+            $this->logger?->debug('Worker stopped');
 
-        $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(new WorkerStoppedEvent($this));
+            $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(new WorkerStoppedEvent($this, $exception));
 
-        $this->logger?->debug('Worker terminated');
+            $this->logger?->debug('Worker terminated');
+        }
     }
 
     public function stop(): void
diff --git a/src/Event/WorkerStoppedEvent.php b/src/Event/WorkerStoppedEvent.php
index b33da86..5cc38fa 100644
--- a/src/Event/WorkerStoppedEvent.php
+++ b/src/Event/WorkerStoppedEvent.php
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 namespace Patchlevel\Worker\Event;
 
 use Patchlevel\Worker\Worker;
+use Throwable;
 
 final class WorkerStoppedEvent
 {
     public function __construct(
         public readonly Worker $worker,
+        public readonly Throwable|null $exception = null,
     ) {
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/DefaultWorkerTest.php b/tests/Unit/DefaultWorkerTest.php
index 2340024..53b518c 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/DefaultWorkerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/DefaultWorkerTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Patchlevel\Worker\DefaultWorker;
 use Patchlevel\Worker\Event\WorkerRunningEvent;
 use Patchlevel\Worker\Event\WorkerStartedEvent;
+use Patchlevel\Worker\Event\WorkerStoppedEvent;
 use Patchlevel\Worker\Listener\StopWorkerOnIterationLimitListener;
 use Patchlevel\Worker\Listener\StopWorkerOnMemoryLimitListener;
 use Patchlevel\Worker\Listener\StopWorkerOnSignalListener;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
 
@@ -289,4 +291,75 @@ static function () use (&$calls): void {
 
         self::assertSame(0, $calls);
     }
+
+    public function testStoppedEventWithoutException(): void
+    {
+        $stoppedEvent = null;
+
+        $eventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
+        $eventDispatcher->addListener(
+            WorkerStoppedEvent::class,
+            static function (WorkerStoppedEvent $event) use (&$stoppedEvent): void {
+                $stoppedEvent = $event;
+            },
+        );
+
+        $worker = new DefaultWorker(
+            static function (callable $stop): void {
+                $stop();
+            },
+            $eventDispatcher,
+        );
+
+        $worker->run(0);
+
+        self::assertInstanceOf(WorkerStoppedEvent::class, $stoppedEvent);
+        self::assertSame($worker, $stoppedEvent->worker);
+        self::assertNull($stoppedEvent->exception);
+    }
+
+    public function testJobExceptionDispatchesStoppedEvent(): void
+    {
+        $exception = new RuntimeException('job failed');
+        $stoppedEvent = null;
+
+        $eventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
+        $eventDispatcher->addListener(
+            WorkerStoppedEvent::class,
+            static function (WorkerStoppedEvent $event) use (&$stoppedEvent): void {
+                $stoppedEvent = $event;
+            },
+        );
+
+        $logger = $this->createMock(LoggerInterface::class);
+        $logger
+            ->expects($this->exactly(4))
+            ->method('debug')
+            ->willReturnCallback(
+                new ReturnCallback([
+                    [['Worker starting', []]],
+                    [['Worker starting job run', []]],
+                    [['Worker stopped', []]],
+                    [['Worker terminated', []]],
+                ]),
+            );
+
+        $worker = new DefaultWorker(
+            static function () use ($exception): void {
+                throw $exception;
+            },
+            $eventDispatcher,
+            $logger,
+        );
+
+        try {
+            $worker->run(0);
+            self::fail('Expected exception was not thrown');
+        } catch (RuntimeException $e) {
+            self::assertSame($exception, $e);
+        }
+
+        self::assertInstanceOf(WorkerStoppedEvent::class, $stoppedEvent);
+        self::assertSame($exception, $stoppedEvent->exception);
+    }
 }