Ex-Safety Manager Sentenced to 19 Months for Child's Death in Hyperbaric Chamber Fire
Source Summary
Jeffrey Mosteller, 66, was sentenced to 19 months in prison after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the January 2025 death of five-year-old Thomas Cooper in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber explosion in Michigan. Mosteller, a former safety manager, received the sentence in Oakland County Circuit Court on Monday.
Why it matters
The conviction and sentencing establish accountability in a fatal workplace safety failure involving a child's death.
