Other Accrued Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities included the following as of December 31, (in millions):

	2013		2012
Customer accruals	$	292.6	$	269.8
Accruals for manufacturing, marketing and freight expenses	89.8		91.6
Accrued self-insurance liabilities	58.5		56.9
Accrued pension, defined contribution and other postretirement benefits	46.5		45.8
Accrued contingencies, primarily legal, environmental and warranty	35.0		38.3
Accrued restructuring (See Footnote 4)	76.7		41.3
Other	104.4		114.3
Other accrued liabilities	$	703.5	$	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.