The man was wearing a large metal necklace when he entered a room where the machine, which uses a powerful magnetic field to create images, was operating.

New York police said the 61-year-old man was wearing a large metal chain that caused him to be "drawn into the machine." The FDA warns that MRI scan create a "strong, static magnetic field."

A man succumbed to injuries after the metallic chain around his neck caused him to be pulled into an active MRI machine at Nassau Open MRI, underscoring FDA warnings about MRI projectile risks.