[lifeisstillgood]

I think this usually falls under two considerations - intention and "careless as to consequences"

If you shoot at me with intention to kill, and miss, attempted murder almost always carries the same weight as murder so outcome does not matter.

If you punch me in the face on top of a cliff, and I stumbke and fall to my death, your intention may only have been tissue damage, but you were careless as to (reasonable potential) consequences.

And yes the falling and hitting ones head is iirc seen as a reasonably predictable consequence.