Episode
Water Gun Malfunction: Freak Accident
- Podcast
- Real Survival Stories
- Published
- Jun 3, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3029
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://www.noiser.com/real-survival-stories
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-survival-stories-6477904/episodes/water-gun-malfunction-freak-accident/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-survival-stories-6477904/water-gun-malfunction-freak-accident.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
The Northwest Shelf is Australia’s largest area of oceanic oil and gas extraction. In 2011, saturation diver Richard Bradley is 130 feet under water performing some routine maintenance… when he feels a sudden pain. The high pressure water blaster he’s using has malfunctioned, puncturing his left forearm with a jet of dirty water. Seriously injured, he can’t simply swim to the surface. As a complex procedure kicks into gear, every step must go perfectly if Richard is to reach the surface alive… A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. Written by Rhys Bevan | Produced by Ed Baranski | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound Supervisor: Matt Peaty | Sound design by Jacob Booth | Assembly edit by Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Ralph Tittley. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices