Other Accrued Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities included the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Customer accruals	$	280.7	$	269.8
Accruals for manufacturing, marketing and freight expenses	79.7		91.6
Accrued self-insurance liabilities	56.4		56.9
Accrued pension, defined contribution and other postretirement benefits	40.5		45.8
Accrued contingencies, primarily legal, environmental and warranty	35.1		38.3
Accrued restructuring (See Footnote 4)	84.8		41.3
Other	115.1		114.3
Other accrued liabilities	$	692.3	$	658.0

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.