An accident involving the melting and leakage of hydrofluoric
acid gas from a company pipeline left one worker dead and four
injured at Samsung’s semiconductor plant in Hwaseong, South
Korea local agencies have reported.  CRIEnglish reports that
five contract workers were hospitalised following the incident,
with four of them being discharged shortly after. However, one
worker died due to complications from the acid leak, which
happened after the company performed maintenance on its gas
pipeline.  Local broadcasters have reported that the pipeline
initially melted, leaking the fatal gas. However, the pipeline
is also said to have leaked a second time, affecting those
already working to contain the initial incident.  Samsung
confirmed the leak and issued a statement: “A small amount of
diluted hydrofluoric acid leaked early Monday morning during
maintenance at one of the gas and chemical supply systems at the
Hwaseong site.”  AsiaK (via The Verge) states that Samsung will
be subject to an investigation to dete