A splash of lethal Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) recently killed the employee of a small Mosman Park laboratory in Western Australia. The victim aged 37 died an agonising death after he accidentally splashed about 100 ml of a 70% solution of HF on his leg. The victim apparently jumped into a swimming pool in a vain bid to neutralise the virulent chemical. He had the leg amputated but the acid poisoned his blood and he died in Freemantle Hospital.