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@Emyr
This is why all my flat-bar bikes and any bikes I've built for others have had lockon grips, usually ODI's with the hard plastic cap which clips into the outer clamp.
I have had an open bar to the abdomen before, an inch below the belt line and three inches left. During my first ever bike polo session, I ran over the ball and jackknifed. Things which limited my bar-injury to mere superficial skin damage and bruising: the lockon grip's outer clamp which didn't move, and getting both hands onto the floor to stop the bar being the only thing stopping my fall. I got my breath back, drank two beers, then played the rest of the evening. My left shoulder was sore for 3 weeks, which made pushing the gear stick in my car to the left quite uncomfortable. Probably stretched a ligament.
tl;dr: USE LOCKON GRIPS, THEY'RE ONLY A FEW QUID.