We conducted a small participatory survey to document occupational injuries and illnesses, medical treatment, wage issues, and general working conditions among 150 forest workers in southern Oregon who are mostly Spanish-speaking immigrants from Latin America. We used snowball sampling in administering the survey. Survey results showed a high rate of job-related injury among the workers who responded to our survey. Results also suggested that many forestry services contractors licensed in Jackson and Josephine counties may not always follow labor laws. The vast majority of workers surveyed reported being fearful of retaliation for reporting injuries. There were no differences in reported working conditions and wage issues between workers with H-2B visas and other workers in the sample. This finding suggests that current US labor and health and safety laws are not effectively protecting Oregon's forest workers, owing to forest workers' structural vulnerability-their low positioning in social structures supported by immigration and economic status-compounded by fear of retaliation. Immigration policies and enforcement practices that contribute to creating a labor system with these inherent vulnerabilities and power imbalances need to be further examined and changed.

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在阴影中工作：俄勒冈州南部林业服务的安全与健康

我们进行了一项小型参与式调查，以记录俄勒冈州南部 150 名森林工人的职业伤害和疾病、医疗、工资问题和一般工作条件，这些工人主要是来自拉丁美洲的讲西班牙语的移民。我们在调查中使用了滚雪球抽样。调查结果显示，在回答我们调查的工人中，工伤发生率很高。结果还表明，在杰克逊和约瑟芬县获得许可的许多林业服务承包商可能并不总是遵守劳动法。绝大多数接受调查的工人表示害怕因报告受伤而遭到报复。持有 H-2B 签证的工人与样本中的其他工人在报告的工作条件和工资问题上没有差异。这一发现表明，由于森林工人的结构脆弱性——他们在移民和经济地位支持的社会结构中的低地位——加上害怕报复，当前的美国劳工和健康与安全法律没有有效地保护俄勒冈州的森林工人。需要进一步审查和改变有助于创建具有这些固有脆弱性和权力失衡的劳工体系的移民政策和执法实践。