Accrued Expenses And Other Current Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Accrued Expenses And Other Current Liabilities [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses And Other Current Liabilities

9. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities:

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

	AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
	2011		2010
Employee bonuses	$	4,167	$	3,331
Product warranty		2,123		1,378
Compensated absences		1,206		1,037
Legal and professional fees		475		517
Payroll		198		1,811
Property taxes		1,215		1,270
Medical claims		372		371
Other		1,628		1,078
	$	11,384	$	10,793

The Company is self-insured for certain losses related to employee medical claims. The Company has purchased stop-loss coverage for individual claims in excess of $150,000 per claimant per year in order to limit its exposure to any significant levels of employee medical claims. Self-insured losses are accrued based on the Company's historical experience and on estimates of aggregate liability for uninsured claims incurred using certain actuarial assumptions followed in the insurance industry.