In reply to Stevie989:
On my first lead fall, my gear ripped and I broke my ankle. This slowed me down massively. If it had held, I'd have thought "yeah, this is OK, it all works, let's have some more". Having said that, the next piece down did hold, hence only a broken ankle and not two smashed legs!
Ignoring controlled slumps, I think I've only had one more "unexpected" fall with gear below (well, AT) my feet, on some VS at Curbar. It was slabby but I did end up below the gear (as opposed to doing that "spreadeagle" thing for slabs, where T-shirt friction provides the protection!). Onto my smallest wire too
It wasn't a big deal. I am usually a coward and back out of stuff, even if it is obvious that the gear is bomber.
I did jump off West's Wallaby at the Roaches, onto a Camalot 2 (at my feet) once. Ended up lower than I'd naively expected, as I was only on a half-rope
Also jumped off something on Great Orme, onto a tri-cam (I seem to be dredging this one up a lot recently - sorry!) but it was backed up with a top rope (part of a trad coaching course). Good whipper and it held beautifully (and cleaned easily with no rock damage thank you)