Winter injury mishaps revealed by ACC

Soup, slippers, umbrellas, heaters and firewood aren't as comforting on a cold winter's day as you'd like, with all also contributing to nasty injuries, the Accident Compensation Corporation warns. The organisation has seen claims from people burning their mouths on hot soup, cut fingers from chopping up the soup ingredients, strains from lifting heavy soup pots and injured feet from dropped cans of soup. There were also falls on spilled soup and skin burns caused by blender splash-back, ACC's general manager of insurance and prevention services John Beaglehole said. The gentle slipper has…