Information relating to the Hillsborough Stadium incident 15 April 1989

Date released: 11/8/2005

Information released: following a request to release information about HSE reports submitted to the inquiry led by Lord Justice Taylor into the Hillsborough Stadium disaster on 15 April 1989, HSE released the following information:

• IR/L/ME/MM/89/1 - The Hillsborough Incident 15 April 1989: An Investigation into Various Technical Aspects prepared for the Court of Inquiry. [1.3 Mb] This document is a summary report of HSE’s findings that was presented to the Court of Inquiry in June 1989.
• IR/L/ME/MM/89/2 - The Hillsborough Incident 15 April 1989: A compendium of the technical aspects of the incident investigation by the Health and Safety Executive [180kb] This compendium includes the 11 reports listed below.

Incident reports from HSE’s Research and Laboratory Services Division (RLSD)

• IR/L/MM/89/11 - Examination of crush barriers from pens 3 and 4 [802kb]
• IR/L/ME/89/36 - Collapse load calculations for barrier 124A [695kb]
• IR/L/ME/89/32 - An investigation into the number of people in pens 3 and 4 [416kb]
• IR/L/ME/89/35 - An estimation of the maximum allowable capacities of pens 3 and 4 [316kb]
• IR/L/ME/89/33 - An investigation of the turnstiles at the Leppings Lane entrance to the stadium [441kb]
• IR/L/ME/89/34 - An investigation into the number of people entering the stadium through turnstiles A to G and through Gate C [328kb]
• IR/L/NV/89/17 - Audibility of the public address system at Hillsborough Football Ground [1.12Mb]

Field Consultant Group (FCG) Inspector reports produced by specialist inspectors from HSE’s Technology Division (TD)

• Condition of outer perimeter wall [1Mb]
• Examination of turnstiles A-G [1Mb]
• Examination of crush barriers, Leppings Lane end, Central Pen [2.79Mb]
• Interim report on the measurement of crowd densities and pressures [117kb]

Please note that these documents have been scanned from photocopies. In some instances, particularly the FCG Inspector reports, photographs and other illustrations have not reproduced clearly.