Risk management Hillsborough Disaster

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Course-         Forensic Investigation

Module -         Introduction to Managing Risk

Assessment 2 – Risk Management Assessment of the Hillsborough Disaster

Analysis of the Risk Management of the Hillsborough Disaster

Word count -         1801 words

Contents page

1.0                        Introduction                                 

2.0                        Events                                                

2.1                        Police control                                        

2.2                        Communication                                 

2.3                        Stadium design                        

2.4                        Ignorance                                        

3.0                        Introduction to the impact Disaster                

  1. Taylor’s report                        
  2. Prosecution                                        

4.0                        Risk analysis                                 

  1. Conclusion

6.0                        References

6.1                        Bibliography

1.0Introduction

April 15th 1989 will remain in the minds of football fans and members of the British Society as a day of tragic events. On this day, Liverpool FC were due to play Nottingham Forest FC in the semi final of the FA Cup at Hillsborough Stadium. The match was being televised by the BBC and commentated on by many radio stations. Only 6 minutes into the match, disaster struck. A surge of fans pushed into the Leppings-end stand of Hillsborough Stadium just after kick off, as a result of an exit gate being opened. This surge caused a fatal crush at the front of the stand, where 89 men, women and children were crushed where they stood, or trampled beneath the feet of their fellow supporters. This fatality number rose to 96, after other fans died of their injuries at later dates. This assignment shall reflect on the events that unfolded on the 15th of April, and discuss whether incompetent Risk Management has caused this black spot on British culture.

(Fig 1) current day picture of the Hillsborough stadium

2.0 Events

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2:30 and 2:40 pm

A  developed with more fans arriving than were able to enter the stadium, with an estimated 5,000 fans trying to get through the turnstiles, and increasing security concerns over crushing outside the turnstiles.

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2.40 – 2.50pm

The police open up Gate C, which is intended as an exit. This caused a rush of supporters through the gate into the stadium.

3.00pm

Estimated number of fans in pen 3 was 3000, (capacity 2000, which was later reduced to 1600). The crush began.

3.06pm

Supporters started climbing steel fence and coming onto the park to avoid the crush. The match was abandoned. (Contrast.Org- 15/4/92)

2.1 Police control

In Taylor’s report which was the inquiry responsible for depicting the events of the day, and where they went wrong (which will be ...

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