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Contingencies (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 item | 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) |  | 2,600 |
Approximate number of claims disposed of to date |  | 392,000 |
Average indemnity payment per claim |  | 8,600 |
Deferred amounts payable | 24,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
Asbestos-related liability, total amount accrued beginning in 1993 through 2012 before insurance recoveries | 4,300,000,000 |  | 975,000,000
Additional estimated period that result in an annual charge, if future comprehensive review of asbestos-related liabilities is not determined |  | 1 year |
Asbestos related charges | 155,000,000 |  |
Damages unspecified or sufficient to invoke jurisdictional minimum |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage |  | 66.00% |
Damages of $15 million or less |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage |  | 30.00% |
Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage |  | 4.00% |
Damages equal to or greater than $100 million | OI Inc. |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, fewer than percentage |  | 1.00% |
Non-income tax assessment |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |
Estimated amount of income-tax assessment including penalties and interest |  | 90,000,000 |
Period over which deposit amount of tax assessment will be remitted in monthly installments |  | 24 months |
Charge created due to unfavorable ruling |  | 60,000,000 |
Non-income tax refund |  | 30,000,000 |
Installment payments made |  | $ 34,000,000 |

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