A Long Island man who was sucked into an MRI machine by a neck chain he was wearing last week has died, Nassau County police said.

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.

The man entered a room as his wife was having a scan on her knee, according to local media.