Other Accrued Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities included the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Customer accruals	$	252.5	$	250.7
Accruals for manufacturing, marketing and freight expenses	106.2		105.1
Accrued self-insurance liabilities	69.2		66.8
Accrued pension, defined contribution and other postretirement benefits	50.0		54.6
Accrued contingencies, primarily legal, environmental and warranty	36.8		37.2
Accrued restructuring (See Footnote 4)	37.3		33.0
Other	121.4		146.1
Other accrued liabilities	$	673.4	$	693.5

Customer accruals are promotional allowances and rebates, including cooperative advertising, given to customers in exchange for their selling efforts and volume purchased. The self-insurance accrual is primarily casualty liabilities such as workers’ compensation, general and product liability and auto liability and is estimated based upon historical loss experience combined with actuarial evaluation methods, review of significant individual files and the application of risk transfer programs.