Having "hand-held" everything from large heavy video cameras to pocket size digitals and everything in between for a very long period of time, I have never dropped one. From habit, I usually wrap the camera strap around my wrist, elbow, or shoulder securely so that even if I did drop it, it would not go very far, and certainly not hit the ground.

The only thing I did do, was knock over a video tripod, which broke my foot. Ouch!
No camera on it, at the time, thank goodness.

Ronnoco