This chapter explores the major features of the social security system in so far as it provides support to victims of impairment and death. The society security system's relationship with the tort system is assessed, and it is compared with the tort system more generally. It is contended that one laudable preference within the social security system is that benefits for long-term disablement are relatively more generous than those for short-term disablement. Conversely, it is also argued that the industrial injuries scheme, unlike the tort system, embodies an indefensible preference in favour of the industrially disabled.