Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board of the Commonwealth v. Auto Express, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Donald Meredick (claimant) was last employed as a tractor-trailer driver for Auto Express, Inc. (appellant).

On Friday, May 4, 1973, claimant drove his regular route between the Scranton terminal and the Charmin Paper plant in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania. At the Charmin plant, claimant, with the aid of two or three Charmin employees, participated in the routine unloading of his cargo through the use of mechanized forklifts and hand trucks. He then moved his truck to the loading dock and began, by himself, to hand load his truck for the *561return trip home. At about 2 p.m.,…