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Accrued Insurance Claims | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Insurance Claims | Accrued Insurance Claims The Company currently has a Paid Loss Retrospective Insurance Plan for general liability and workers’ compensation insurance, which comprise approximately 30.7% of the Company’s liabilities at December 31, 2017. Under the Company’s insurance plans for general liability and workers’ compensation, predetermined loss limits are arranged with the Company’s insurance company to limit both per occurrence cash outlay and annual insurance plan cost. The Company’s accounting for this plan utilizes current valuations from a third party actuary, which include assumptions based on data such as historical claims, pay-out experience, demographic factors, industry trends, severity factors, and other actuarial calculations. In the event that the Company’s claims experience and/or industry trends result in an unfavorable change in the assumptions or outcomes, it would have an adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. For general liability and workers’ compensation, the Company records both a reserve for the estimated future cost of claims and related expenses that have been reported but not settled, as well as an estimate of claims incurred but not reported. Such reserves for claims incurred but not reported are developed by a third party actuary through review of the Company’s historical data and open claims.

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