Absolutely. But you cannot get more than 80% of what you were earning from a combination of worker’s comp and social security. Neither the federal government nor your state government wants you to get more tax free than you were making before you got hurt. But in most cases you can apply and receive both. Worker’s compensation has to occur on the job but the Social Security Administration does not care where you got hurt but only that you are unable to work. There are partial awards in worker’s compensation in most states but in Social Security disability, you are either disabled or you are not.