CHINO -- A construction superintendent and the company he works for pleaded not guilty Monday to criminal charges filed in connection with a worker's death.
Yeong Hak Song, 57, fell 19 feet to his death on April 30, 2008 when temporary roofing materials failed at a construction site at Crossroads Community Church in Chino Hills.
Job site superintendent Robert Worthington and the company he works for, Thayer Construction, Inc. of Yorba Linda, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in Chino Superior Court.
Worthington, 51, is charged with two felonies: involuntary manslaughter and willful violations of a standard causing death, which is a violation of the state labor code.
Thayer Construction is charged with willful violations of a standard causing death.