Wow, That's One Magnet
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (106805)
United States
July 19, 2025 6:08am CST
MRI accidents are rare, but they do happen, and every time I read about one, I am amazed at the power of these machines. You've heard of oxygen tanks whirling through the air, guns going off, even wheelchairs in flight, and people have died after being hit by some of these moving metal objects sucked into the machines while in use.
In New York a man entered an MRI room while a scan was being performed and got sucked into the machine and is now in critical condition.
He was wearing a metal, chain necklace. Yep. That's it. That's all it took. A magnet powerful enough to grab a man from a simple chain around his neck and send him into flight.
Can you even imagine? Wow, that's one magnet.
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@DaddyEvil (158755)
• United States
19 Jul
The man surely knew better than to enter that room while the machine was running. There are always signs posted warning about the danger when they're being used.
I've had two MRIs and was told both times to remove any jewelry I was wearing before going into the room. (I hate taking my piercings out but did it anyway because I didn't want body parts ripped off when they turned the current on for the machine.)
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
19 Jul
Makes me wonder how they deal with patients who have metal parts inside? Nuts or bolts from previous broken bones fused or metal plates in the head or things like that. Amazing to me that a simple pendant could be enough to pull a man inside.
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@DaddyEvil (158755)
• United States
19 Jul
@porwest Patients with metal parts don't get run through an MRI. They normally have CT scans, instead.
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
19 Jul
@DaddyEvil Ah. That makes sense. An MRI is a more thorough examination though, isn't it, than a CT scan?
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@LindaOHio (199754)
• United States
20 Jul
I heard about that. Makes me not want to have an MRI. I don't like being in that tube anyway.
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@LindaOHio (199754)
• United States
21 Jul
@porwest That's for sure. If I ever have to have another one, I'd want an open MRI anyway. Can't stand being in that tube. I made the mistake of opening my eyes; and when I saw the top of the machine just a couple of inches from my face, it was too much!
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
22 Jul
@LindaOHio I have had cat scans, and even those are uncomfortable.
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
20 Jul
Too much seems like it can go wrong, and all it takes is one mistake. Granted, accidents are rare. Still. It would make me more than a little nervous. Did someone sweep the room and make sure the maintenance guy didn't forget his screwdriver? lol
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@Nakitakona (58395)
• Philippines
19 Jul
Why are they using it if it posed danger or endangered the life of a patient?
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
19 Jul
@Nakitakona It really is. I'd have to read up on how he got in the room in the first place. Normally they lock the doors.
@Ineeddentures (13313)
•
19 Jul
I read admins reply
Wow,
Not good
Poor bloke
RIP
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
20 Jul
@Ineeddentures Money is always good, but there are ways I'd prefer not to come into it. This would be one of those ways.
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
20 Jul
@Ineeddentures It has to be fast. I can only assume 1 second you're coming into the room and the next your finished. Probably something like being electrocuted. Although, according to the further reporting it appears that the man suffered multiple heart attacks following the incident and that might have been what killed him.
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@ptrikha_2 (48333)
• India
20 Jul
There seems to have been a neglect in this case.
Why was he allowed to enter wearing a metal object?
I hope that he survives this incident.
This is a warning in usage of such machines.
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
19 Jul
You would think there would be many fail safes. How he got in there or why is still being investigated. Was he looking for a bathroom or something? We don't know. I am sure there will be more details once the police finish their investigation into what happened.
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
20 Jul
And now that more information has surfaced, it was entirely avoidable. Apparently the operator allowed the man into the room to assist his wife, and knew about the chain from prior visits. Someone is going to be sued to the High Heavens over this.
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@JESSY3236 (21008)
• United States
22 Jul
I heard about this. They also say to take off all metal when you go into the MRI rooms.
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@porwest (106805)
• United States
22 Jul
Yeah. The whole thing is weird to me. The operator of the machine was done with procedure. So, I'd ASSUME it was turned off. He called the man into the room to assist his wife off the table, he was wearing a metal weight chain around his neck, and got sucked into the machine.
So much about this seems very wrong to me.
Why was the magnet still working? Did the operator not observe the metal chain before the man was called in? Who actually called him in? Did THEY not see the chain?
Just lots of weird things here.
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@dgobucks226 (36882)
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20 Jul
So, that's one reason why they have a locker to put your valuables in when you go for an MRI. I did not know that. 
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