The man, 61, had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck,

The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Westbury, New York, according to the Nassau County Police Department.

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.