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The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that illnesses and injuries that occur in the workplace are required to be electronically reported on a public website by employers in hazardous industries. These industry employers include those in manufacturing, construction, farming, and trucking, who OSHA hopes will be pressured into making their workplaces safer for employees. The rule has faced major backlash from organizations such as the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), which claims that OSHA is attempting to "publicly shame" employers. OSHA will start requiring employers to submit online reports in January of 2017, which the administration will then publish online. OSHA has also vowed to shield workers from workplace retaliation if they report their own incidents.