Haha, that's what I assumed, but it does look really silly with him just moving backwards to his death on a conveyor belt that he could easily jump right out of :P
It's like those scenes in parodies where someone is about to get hit by a car and the car is going really really slowly and the guy could easily live by just taking a step to the right but they just stare at the car like ''HELP! I'M GONNA DIE!''