Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Payables And Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

14. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

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

	AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,
	2019		2018
Product warranty	$	229	$	688
Compensated absences		1,603		1,329
Legal and professional fees		356		434
Payroll		1,031		960
Property and sales taxes		1,972		1,977
Medical claims		496		450
Other		683		988
	$	6,370	$	6,826

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 $175,000 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.