Objective:

This study intends to visualize vulnerability and risk situations as a social- material construction which affects people working in productive horticulture units in the CVCC associated with living and working conditions.

Methodology:

This is a correlational descriptive epidemiological study, and 101 workers/producers were part of the sample with a 95% level of confidence. Information was collected using surveys asking about sociodemographic aspects, life, work practices, crops, lifestyles and healthcare conditions of workers/producers and their families. Descriptive statistics were calculated using Pearson’s Xi2 test as a hypothesis test and a multiple correspondence factor analysis.

Results:

we found differences regarding vulnerability and risks in an owners’ group, and a tenants-sharecroppers’ group. In the first group, the objective is a risk related to a lack of caution when using pesticides, and in the second group, situations of vulnerability related to a reproduction of unequal relations. Understanding vulnerability and risk from a working condition allows a specification of aspects regarding exposure to pesticides which must be contemplated in healthcare programs.

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