Clinic safety manager pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in boy's oxygen chamber death

The safety manager at a suburban Detroit specialty clinic pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in the death of a 5-year-old boy who was inside an oxygen chamber that exploded.

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Clinic safety manager pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in boy’s oxygen chamber death

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Safety manager pleads no contest in Oxford Center hyperbaric chamber death

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Clinic safety manager pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in boy’s oxygen chamber death

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Safety Director In Michigan Pleads No Contest In Fatal Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion