To be safe, I would assume the PC socket has the same voltage limitations as the hot shoe. On older purely manual cameras, the only thing you could do if the flash circuit went awry and high voltage bled to the trigger circuit would be to fry the contacts in the lens which could be repaired without robbing a bank. On electronic cameras like the RZ it would be very expensive. I route mine through a pocketwizard even when I'm not using a remote, because it limits the voltage to the camera. Worst case, it's still a lot cheaper to fry the wizard than the RZ.
Bob