A man died last week after being pulled into an MRI machine by a “large metallic chain” police said he was wearing around his neck – highlighting the importance of checking for any metallic objects before going near the powerful magnets used in the medical imaging machines.

A 61-year-old man died after being pulled into an active MRI machine while wearing a heavy metal chain at a clinic in New York.

A man wearing a 9-kg metal chain died after being sucked into an active MRI machine at a Nassau medical centre in New York. His wife had called him in to help her after a scan, unaware of the danger.