Probably anyone's hand gets lacerated in the same way on that same play. It's not like his skin is more easily cut or anything. The problem is, why was he doing what he did when he did it. As my wife always said to the kids, "You didn't do it on purpose, but you were behaving in a way that makes accidents more like to happen."
There's a time to put your body on the line, but that time is not 1st and 10 when you're winning 23-0 and cruising to an easy victory.