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Contingencies (Details) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2011 Litigant | Dec. 31, 2011 | Jun. 30, 2012 Litigant Claim | Dec. 31, 1993
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |
Sale of goods containing asbestos from 1948 to 1958 |  |  | $ 40,000,000 |
Approximate plaintiffs and claimants (in number of litigants) |  |  | 4,700 |
Approximate number of claims likely to be asserted in the future |  |  | 350 |
Approximate number of claims disposed of to date |  |  | 388,000 |
Average indemnity payment per claim |  |  | 8,200 |
Deferred amounts payable |  | 18,000,000 | 34,000,000 |
Asbestos-related liability, total amount accrued beginning in 1993 through 2011 before insurance recoveries |  | 4,000,000,000 |  | 975,000,000
Total amount awarded by jury against defendants | 90,000,000 |  |  |
Number of defendants | 4 |  |  |
Compensatory damages assessed against defendants | 10,000,000 |  |  |
Punitive damages assessed against the Company | 40,000,000 |  |  |
Asbestos related charges |  | $ 165,000,000 |  |
Damages unspecified or sufficient to invoke jurisdictional minimum |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage |  | 71.00% |  |
Damages of $15 million or less |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage |  | 27.00% |  |
Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage |  | 2.00% |  |
Damages of $100 million or greater but less than $122 million |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, fewer than percentage |  | 1.00% |  |

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- Definition Aggregate amount, before insurance recoveries, accrued to date since the entity's initial asbestos-related liability was established in 1993. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The approximate amount of plaintiffs and claimants in asbestos lawsuits and claims in which the entity is a named defendant. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The approximate percentage of all the asbestos-related plaintiffs and claimants for which the entity is a named defendant. + References No definition available. + Details
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