Problem: Operations Management
A skydiver breaks his ankle upon landing in a field. This is an inherent risk of skydiving since some impact with the ground is both obvious and necessary for the activity. There is no way to make the landing without risk; sometimes the force of landing may cause a broken or sprained ankle, for example. Likewise, perhaps the wind comes up suddenly after the jump is make and the sky diver is injured because he cannot avoid a tree. This is a risk inherent in the very nature of skydiving, and it would therefore be an assumed risk.
• If a skydiver is killed because neither of his parachutes opened, is the failure of the parachute an inherent risk?
• Is the failure of the parachutes an obvious and necessary risk of the activity?
• Defenses - Agreements Related to the Inherent Risks.