3PL warehouses manage peak-season forklift risk by planning for volume, headcount and shift length to rise at the same time. Peak brings more trucks and people into the same aisles, temporary staff who do not know the site, longer shifts and pressure to move faster. Practical controls include verifying that every temporary operator is trained and evaluated on your trucks, adding temporary speed limits and one-way routes in congested zones, keeping walkways clear of overflow stock, staggering breaks and shift changes, and reviewing near misses or detected interactions daily rather than monthly, so problems are caught during the surge.
The full guide is Forklift safety during peak season, a surge readiness plan. Under OSHA 1910.178(l), temporary operators need training and evaluation on the truck types and conditions at your site; how agency and host share that duty is covered in Temporary forklift operators.
If you run proximity tags or cameras, issue tags to new staff on their first day and set temporary zones in overflow areas; on compatible forklifts those zones can also reduce speed automatically. OSHA’s holiday workplace safety resources cover temporary worker protection and warehousing hazards for peak operations.