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Man dies after being pulled into MRI machine while wearing metal chain: Police (abcnews.go.com)

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A 61-year-old man who suffered critical injuries after being pulled into an MRI machine while wearing a metal chain has died, police said Friday.

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

Officers responded to Nassau Open MRI following a 911 call and were informed that the man "entered an unauthorized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) room while the scan was in progress," the police department said in a statement.

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[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

why isn't it an electronic lock that prevents operation of the machine if it's not locked?

Why not make it simpler and make it a magnetic lock that simply locks the door by being pulled towards the machine? (With a mechanical override so you can get in if you really want to and have the key.)

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Either:

The door is too far to get pulled by the MRI, or it's such an intense force that you would lose a limb in the door.

[–] AlbertSpangler@lemmings.world 5 points 11 hours ago

The magnet doesn't get turned off when not scanning