Risk Assessment for a Social Service in a Dairy Farm

Abstract

The objective of this thesis was to develop an occupational safety assessment for Finnish caretaking company operating in an agricultural setting. Knowledge base for this thesis was risk management, occupational safety from social services perspective. This thesis employed qualitative and developmental research methods to gather information, such as interview and literature re-view. The resulting assessment is likely to be developed into safety plan which in turn is used to monitor the efficiency of opted measures.

The assessment is done in cooperation with the owner of the company, as it serves purpose of introducing the risk assessment process, so it can be iterated without external help, and the owner knows her business better than others. The assessment results were inserted into virtual spread-sheet allowing easy access and modifiability in the future. The company has good measures in mitigating existing risks, requiring only small enhancements to mitigate newly discovered ones.