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Other Accrued Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]  
Other Accrued Liabilities
Other Accrued Liabilities
Other accrued liabilities included the following (in millions):
 
March 31, 2015
 
December 31, 2014
Customer accruals
$
225.8

 
$
316.0

Accruals for manufacturing, marketing and freight expenses
80.3

 
86.1

Accrued self-insurance liabilities
54.0

 
55.8

Accrued pension, defined contribution and other postretirement benefits
24.5

 
36.6

Accrued contingencies, primarily legal, environmental and warranty
34.2

 
27.8

Accrued restructuring (See Footnote 5)
60.9

 
46.1

Other
108.7

 
90.9

Other accrued liabilities
$
588.4

 
$
659.3


Customer accruals are promotional allowances and rebates, including cooperative advertising, given to customers in exchange for their selling efforts and volume purchased as well as allowances for returns. Payments for annual rebates and other customer programs are generally made in the first quarter of the year. 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.