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Accrued Insurance Claims
6 Months Ended
Jan. 23, 2016
Accrued Insurance Claims [Abstract]  
Accrued Insurance Claims
Accrued Insurance Claims
 
For claims within the Company's insurance program, it retains the risk of loss, up to certain limits, for matters related to automobile liability, general liability (including damages associated with underground facility locating services), workers' compensation, and employee group health. With regard to losses occurring in fiscal 2016, the Company retains the risk of loss up to $1.0 million on a per occurrence basis for automobile liability, general liability, and workers' compensation. These retention amounts are applicable to all of the states in which the Company operates, except with respect to workers' compensation insurance in two states in which the Company participates in state-sponsored insurance funds. Aggregate stop-loss coverage for automobile liability, general liability, and workers' compensation claims is $84.6 million for fiscal 2016.

The Company is party to a stop-loss agreement for losses under its employee group health plan. For calendar year 2015, the Company retained the risk of loss up to the first $250,000 of claims per participant as well as an annual aggregate amount. With regard to losses occurring in calendar year 2016, the Company retains the risk of loss, on an annual basis, up to the first $400,000 of claims per participant as well as an annual aggregate amount.

The liability for total accrued insurance claims and related processing costs was $88.5 million and $87.3 million as of January 23, 2016 and July 25, 2015, respectively, of which $51.0 million and $51.5 million, respectively, was long-term and reflected in non-current liabilities in the condensed consolidated financial statements. Insurance recoveries/receivables related to accrued claims as of January 23, 2016 and July 25, 2015 were $5.9 million and $9.5 million, respectively, of which $5.9 million and $8.9 million, respectively, was included in non-current other assets, and $0.6 million was included in other current assets as of July 25, 2015.