Mosaic News

Buy Me A Coffee
News without borders
Friday, 16 October 2026
Mosaic News is free to read — but not free to run. Your (monthly) donation keeps it going. →
United States

Former safety manager sentenced to 19 months for five-year-old's death in hyperbaric chamber fire

Saturday, 5 September 2026, 06:29 · 1 min read

Jeffrey Mosteller, 66, a former safety manager at the Oxford Center (an alternative healthcare clinic in Troy, Michigan, that treats conditions such as autism and ADHD using hyperbaric oxygen therapy), has been sentenced to 19 months in prison after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter. The sentence relates to the January 2025 death of five-year-old Thomas Cooper, who was incinerated within seconds when a static electricity spark from a dislodged sheet ignited a flash fire inside the oxygen-rich pressurised chamber; his mother suffered serious burns attempting to rescue him. Three other Oxford Center employees — including founder Tamela Peterson, who faces a second-degree murder charge — remain awaiting trial, and Cooper's parents have filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the clinic and the chamber's manufacturer.

Sources
The Guardian — Ex-safety manager given 19 months’ prison over five-year-old’s hyperbaric chamber fire death ↗︎
This article was automatically compiled by AI from the sources above. It may contain inaccuracies. Always read the original sources for the full context.