Ironically, immediately after my last post, we got in a used commercial safe with a history of injury. And it came from the same restaurant chain to which I referred in that last post.
Some years ago, AFTER an employee lost a finger in this safe, it was fitted with three safety devices to prevent additional accidents. 1) The photo on left shows the slam damper that was installed, which keeps the door from slamming on someone’s hand. (I know the photo in the last post was poor.) 2) In the other photo, you can see a push/pull handle. When using this handle to close the safe your fingers are not near the edge of the door. 3) That picture also shows the yellow figure guard. This piece of steel extends up 3” above the edge of the door, again, to keep fingers from getting pinched as the door is closed.
My guess is that the cost of installing these three items was much less than the business ended up paying for the severed finger!