The victim wore "a large metallic chain around his neck, causing him to be drawn into the machine," police said.

Even if he was standing there holding the chain in his hands, the strongest weightlifter would not be able to prevent this kind of an accident from happening,” said Dr. Emanuel Kanal.

MRI safety requires removing jewelry, avoiding certain clothing, and informing doctors about implants and medical devices, as these items can pose health hazards.

Adrienne Jones-McAllister is sharing new details about the day her husband, Keith McAllister, died after being pulled into an MRI machine at a New York medical facility. "I saw the machine snatch him around and pull him into the machine. He lost, he went limp in my arms," Adrienne told News 12 Long Island.

The man, 61, had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway Wednesday afternoon at Nassau Open MRI in New York.

The incident took place just an hour's drive away from where a 61-year-old man wearing a heavy metal necklace was sucked into an MRI machine

Crews are another step closer to completing the new Sanford Health orthopedics building. Crews carefully lifted a cutting-edge MRI machine into the building Thursday