A man died on Thursday from his injuries after the chain around his neck caused him to be pulled into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at a medical building on Westbury, New York.

Newsweek has contacted the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) for comment.

Why It Matters

An MRI is a noninvasive imaging technology that uses powerful magnets to produce detailed anatomical images, often for detecting disease, determining a diagnosis and assessing treatment.

Injuries and deaths linked with MRI machines are rare, but staff at North Shore University Hospital on Long Island told CBS New York that patients are advised to remove jewelry as well as electrical and other metal objects before getting a scan.

Charles Winterfeldt, the hospital's director of imaging services, told CBS

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