I have always taken the view that with care and concentration, it is possible to avoid injury.
The only time I have severely injured myself while cooking, I was busy having an arguement regarding determinism (oh hohoho very funny) and turned to rebut a point whilst removing a chunk of my thumb.
In the spurting blood I saw a mistake, allowing myself to be distracted, attempting to be of two minds when one would suffice.
Now I sit before a database, reading thousands of cases of people injuring themselves doing things that I do daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, along with other things it is unlikely I will ever do.
But why? What is the underlying reason? Popular opinion in the injury prevention community is that all injuries are preventable. Less popular but certainly present is the opinion that mitigation and control measures can reduce severity and incidence, but that a base rate of injury must always occur regardless of due care.
The most disturbing possibility to me is that injuries are never accidents, but rather subconscious actions undertaken in reaction to mental or physical stress.
