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Other Accrued Liabilities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Other Accrued Liabilities  
Other Accrued Liabilities

Footnote 13 — Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities included the following (in millions):

 

    

    June 30,

    2011

    

December 31,

2010

 
        

Customer accruals

       $ 244.6       $ 280.9        

Accruals for manufacturing, marketing and freight expenses

     93.9         108.9        

Accrued self-insurance liabilities

     72.6         73.1        

Accrued pension, defined contribution and other postretirement benefits

     37.8         45.3        

Accrued contingencies, primarily legal, environmental and warranty

     41.0         39.1        

Accrued restructuring (See Footnote 3)

     20.0         33.5        

Other

     115.6         117.4        
        

Other accrued liabilities

       $ 625.5       $ 698.2        
        

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.