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Well, yofuckreddit already answered your direct question, but clavicle fracture is one of the most common semi-serious cycling injuries. You instinctualy try to protect your head when you fall. Some combination of the angle you fall from a bike from, the fact that your arms are already in front of you, and you often have a bunch of forward momentum means you normally break your fall with some part of your arm. Compare to when running where rolling, sliding, or diving lets you land on something with more cushion. Under compression the clavicle is normally the weak link.
Both types of football concussions are probably the most concerning long term. For women specifically, they should learn to cut in a way that reduces stress on the MCL as tears are extremely common due to the higher Q-factor. Rugby you should probably watch out for concussions as well, though cauliflower ear can be unsightly and a risk.
Lifting of all sorts is statistically very safe. For olympic style lifting learn to bail, and bail if you are going to black out or hyperextend something. Keep a neutral spine when pulling from the floor. Statistically most importantly, never bench without either a competent spotter or full coverage safety arms.
For tying to saddle a bison watch out for getting gored. While manually stimulating a horse try not to get kicked, which is mostly a function of not surprising the horse when approaching from behind.
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