Not sure if this is in the right forum, my question involves the health risk of equipment in our facility. Hope someone can help.
I am not a boxer but I work in a recreation facility which has both a heavy bag and speed bag for our users. We've had this equipment for several years and it has been increasing in popularity every year, so much so that we replace the speed bag several times per year and the heavy bag almost yearly. Recently I have notice people using the speed bag without gloves or hand wraps of any kind. The last guy I saw had ripped his knuckles to shreds and was getting blood all over the speed bag. We made him put the bag in a hazardous bag, then we had to clean it.
Here's my question. Should we be requiring all users to wear gloves or hand wraps? Besides the blood factor, this also appears to put excessive wear on the bags.
Thanks in advance!
I am not a boxer but I work in a recreation facility which has both a heavy bag and speed bag for our users. We've had this equipment for several years and it has been increasing in popularity every year, so much so that we replace the speed bag several times per year and the heavy bag almost yearly. Recently I have notice people using the speed bag without gloves or hand wraps of any kind. The last guy I saw had ripped his knuckles to shreds and was getting blood all over the speed bag. We made him put the bag in a hazardous bag, then we had to clean it.
Here's my question. Should we be requiring all users to wear gloves or hand wraps? Besides the blood factor, this also appears to put excessive wear on the bags.
Thanks in advance!