I saw this happen to a person once with a poorly designed door, it was real bad, multiple crushed bones. Adult humans can’t figure this out, you can’t expect a cat to understand, it would probably just think you hurt it and be more afraid of you. That said I checked how the hinge on my own fridge works, and the solid parts at the hinge do not actually come in contact, it’s just the rubber seal, so I think it might not be quite that dangerous. My go-to solution in this situation would probably be along the lines of, glue a strip of plastic sheeting to the edge to prevent this to begin with.
I saw this happen to a person once with a poorly designed door, it was real bad, multiple crushed bones. Adult humans can’t figure this out, you can’t expect a cat to understand, it would probably just think you hurt it and be more afraid of you. That said I checked how the hinge on my own fridge works, and the solid parts at the hinge do not actually come in contact, it’s just the rubber seal, so I think it might not be quite that dangerous. My go-to solution in this situation would probably be along the lines of, glue a strip of plastic sheeting to the edge to prevent this to begin with.