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Contingencies (Details) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) item | Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 1993 USD ($)
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale of goods containing asbestos from 1948 to 1958 | $ 40,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Number of pending plaintiffs and claimants | item | 2,000 |  |  |  |  |
Loss contingency, plaintiffs damages, maximum amount |  |  | $ 950,000,000 |  |  |
Approximate number of claims disposed of to date | item | 396,000 |  |  |  |  |
Average indemnity payment per claim | $ 9,200 |  |  |  |  |
Payments for Asbestos-Related Liabilities | $ 11,000,000 | $ 15,000,000 | 138,000,000 | $ 148,000,000 | $ 158,000,000 |
Cash payments per claim disposed including legal costs |  |  | 95,000 | 81,000 | 93,000 |
Asbestos-related liability, total amount accrued beginning in 1993 through 2014 before insurance recoveries |  |  | 4,900,000,000 |  |  | $ 975,000,000
Accrual of asbestos related liabilty |  |  | 817,000,000 | 939,000,000 |  |
Asbestos related charges |  |  | $ 16,000,000 | $ 46,000,000 | $ 12,000,000 |
Damages unspecified or sufficient to invoke jurisdictional minimum |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage |  |  | 82.00% |  |  |
Damages of $15 million or less |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage | 11.00% |  |  |  |  |
Loss contingency, plaintiffs damages, maximum amount | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage | 7.00% |  |  |  |  |
Loss contingency, plaintiffs damages, minimum amount | $ 15,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Loss contingency, plaintiffs damages, maximum amount | $ 100,000,000 |  |  |  |  |

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- Definition Amount of cash payments per claim disposed including legal costs. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The approximate aggregate number of plaintiffs and claimants settled, dismissed and otherwise disposed of, as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
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