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Incident where a dolly malfunctioned while loading a trailer is not an accident under the SABS.
The applicant sought statutory accident benefits after being injured while loading a refrigerator onto a trailer attached to a parked vehicle.
The respondent denied the claim on the basis that the incident was not an 'accident' under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.
The Tribunal applied the purpose and causation tests, finding that while loading the trailer was an ordinary use of the vehicle, the direct cause of the injuries was the malfunction of the dolly holding the refrigerator.
The dolly's failure constituted an intervening act that broke the chain of causation.
The application was dismissed.
