A good pair of wrist wraps take care of most if not all wrist issues. Apart from equipped benchers, I've never heard of any serious wrist issue in powerlifting.
I've only ever heard of one case (Russian powerlifter) which is an equipped bench, the rack had no safeties (Russian meets are dodgy) and the spotters were not trained.
In an equipped bench, the bar can suddenly pop out of groove and fall towards your face or your belly.
A raw bench just doesn't fail like that, ever. You won't have an out of control bar falling on you.
I'd say the vast majority if not all bad bench accidents you see on Youtube would be equipped benching.
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The main problem is it falling on people and killing/injuring them.
I've only ever heard of one case (Russian powerlifter) which is an equipped bench, the rack had no safeties (Russian meets are dodgy) and the spotters were not trained.
In an equipped bench, the bar can suddenly pop out of groove and fall towards your face or your belly.
A raw bench just doesn't fail like that, ever. You won't have an out of control bar falling on you.
I'd say the vast majority if not all bad bench accidents you see on Youtube would be equipped benching.