However, people also tend to stab themselves in the hand as they attempt to use the knife tip to remove the avocado pit.

They’re not doing it right. You don’t stab the pit with the point of the blade, it’s more like a chop.

https://youtu.be/eGd6GfHG77I

Of course, you could just use a spoon to remove the pit. Or I saw another variant where you push it out from the “back” of the side its stuck in once cut in half, no tool needed beyond the initial halving