A combination of technical failures and unsafe operational practices at the Marathon Martinez Renewables facility in Martinez, California, led to a November 19, 2023, fire, according to a final report issued March 13 by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).

On March 12, the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) congratulated Lori Chavez-DeRemer on her confirmation as the Trump administration's new secretary of labor.

The planning committee for the 4th International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health announced the availability of scholarships to attend the symposium, which is scheduled for October 21–24 in Bethesda, Maryland.

On March 4, Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health announced the availability of a 5-day, online Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene course covering the foundations of safety practices and professions, which include anticipating, evaluating, preventing, and controlling workplace health and safety hazards.

A coalition of safety organizations urged employers to go beyond legal compliance and adopt risk-based safety and health strategies to protect their workers, the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) announced March 5.