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I'm sorry, but it's user error in the majority of cases.
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That could be said about tragedies involving chainsaws without guards, lawnmowers without positive cutoff brakes, ejection seat actuators without safeties, and any number of other things. Even cuts to the web of a hand caused by recoiling parts.
That does not mean that such cases are more acceptable--and they will happen.
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If your finger is in the trigger guard, or a piece of holster, it's not the gun's fault, regardless of the number of safeties, or lack thereof.
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Or if a jacket sting gets into the holster....
It all gets back to the nexus between risk management and human factors engineering. I the main issue is to prevent discharges caused by human error, design in a positive safety. But if there is concern that releasing that safety might prevent the gun from being forced timely when needed,
at least take that into account when designing the safety.
I've gone a step further. My firearm has a grip safety that requires no separate movements or operations to discharge the gun.