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So, the chap was given essentially given:-

1) no induction from a live person;

2) no training from a live person;

3) no supervision from a live person;

4) Documentation which said "do this".

Doing "this" caused a severe disaster, which was then blamed on the person following the documentation. Let's say they want to go after the person for criminally wiping their database.

In the UK to prosecute you'd have to prove "Actus reus", essentially latin for "the guilty act" as in "he did it" and "mens rea" meaning "a guilty mind" as in "knowing and intending to cause [the guilty act]".

So in short, as he just followed documentation he was given there was no intention to cause "the guilty act" and therefore he's not committed an offense.

However, the person who wrote the documentation was a pillock. The person who authorised it was an idiot, and the person managing the lot of them ought to be fired for incompetence.