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Self-Insurance Reserve Self-Insurance Reserve
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2014
Self-Insurance Reserve [Abstract]  
Self-Insurance Reserves
Self-Insurance Reserves:

The Company self-insures a significant portion of its employee medical insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and general liability (including product liability) insurance plans.  The Company has stop-loss insurance policies to protect it from individual losses over specified dollar values. For self-insured employee medical claims, we have a stop loss limit of $250,000 per person per year. Our deductible or self-insured retention, as applicable, for each claim involving workers’ compensation insurance and general liability insurance is limited to $500,000. Further, we maintain a commercially reasonable umbrella/excess policy that covers liabilities in excess of the primary insurance policy limits.

The full extent of certain claims, especially workers’ compensation and general liability claims, may not become fully determined for several years. Therefore, the Company estimates potential obligations based upon historical data and experience, including actuarial calculations. Although the Company believes the reserves established for these obligations are reasonably estimated, any significant increase in the number of claims or costs associated with claims made under these plans could have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial results.  The Company had recorded net self-insurance reserves of $41.8 million, $41.3 million and $35.9 million at March 29, 2014, December 28, 2013 and March 30, 2013, respectively.