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British Steel Employee Sentenced for Setting Colleague Alight in 2021 Workplace Prank

The Hull Crown Court sentence underscores reckless horseplay in a hazardous steelworks setting.

Overview

  • Jordan Hall, 30, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm over the January 14, 2021 incident at British Steel in Scunthorpe.
  • He received a 10-month prison term suspended, 150 hours of unpaid work, £2,000 compensation, plus £85 costs and a £156 surcharge.
  • The victim’s upper body was set alight after Hall threw a lit oil-filled aerosol cap during a break in the gas alley ovens area.
  • The man sustained second-degree burns, required skin grafts at Pinderfields Hospital, and has not worked since due to lasting physical and psychological trauma.
  • The judge called the act foolish and impulsive, while the defence described it as horseplay without intent to cause serious harm.