Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accrued Expenses [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses

6. ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses at December 31 consist of the following (in thousands):

		2012		2011
Compensation	$	17,837	$	26,459
Customer rebates		9,530		9,102
Insurance		8,136		8,740
Other		11,929		16,386
Total accrued expenses	$	47,432	$	60,687

Accrued expenses for insurance are primarily for general liability, workers' compensation and employee healthcare policies for which the Company is self-insured up to certain per-occurrence and aggregate limits. The amounts accrued represent our best estimates of the probable amount of claims to be paid. Differences between the amounts accrued and the amount that may be reasonably possible of payment are not material.