Well, (hopefully) you wouldnt put a hot around your neck...
I have numerous hots, & only got tagged once by my False Water F/male, during an eggbound visit to the vet, nasty surprize! I took my eye off her while the vet was injecting KY Gell into the cloack, for the egg to be pushed out easier(I had her firmly behind the head) I think I released my grip slightly out of sympathy & the fact of consentration with the vet's opp.. she had a propper 30 seconds chew- The vet refused to handle Hots, therefore I had to hold it in a headed grip, & at the time of bite, I couldn't let the snake retreat in fear of all the "curious assistants" surrounding us, they could get bitten with some serious cause- optimizing envenomation, as it is a rear-fanged snake & has to chew to envenomate
moral of the story... use the right tool for the job, I should have used a tube, secondly, I should have persisted for a safer operating environment -by asking the vet to instruct his spectators to depart.
I basicaly never handle my hots, unless I really have to, & I used to freehandle my Fwc around my neck... now, I'm extra cautious - even though I previously reckoned to label myself as capable of handling serious hots.
Trust is the key word.. dont trust any snake too much, espesially too close to your face.