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Full hearing: CEO, 3 other workers charged in Oakland County hyperbaric chamber death bound over

 The CEO and three other workers who were charged after a 5-year-old boy was killed in a hyperbaric chamber explosion at an Oakland County health care facility have been bound over. Tamela Peterson, 59, of Brighton, Jeffrey Mosteller, 65, of Clinton Township, Gary Marken, 66, of Spring Arbor, and Aleta Moffitt, 61, of Rochester Hills, were charged after Thomas Cooper was killed when the hyperbaric chamber he was receiving treatment in exploded at the Oxford Center in Troy on Jan. 31, 2025. The boy’s mother was also injured in the explosion. On Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, 52-4 District Court Judge Maureen McGinnis determined that there is probable cause to bind each defendant over to a higher court, where they could face trial.