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Change in Accounting Estimate - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items] |
Business interruption recovery estimate | These estimates and assumptions include determining the amount of extra expenses that have been incurred during the business interruption period and that are at least probable of approval by our insurance carriers for an insurance recovery. Based primarily on negotiations with our insurance carriers
Business Interruption Insurance [Member] | Cost of sales [Member] |
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items] |
Business interruption recovery | $ 2.6
Change In Accounting Estimate[Member] | Net Income Loss [Member] |
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items] |
Impact of change in business interruption recovery accounting estimate | 1.6
Change In Accounting Estimate[Member] | Basic And Dilutive Earnings Per Share [Member] |
Change in Accounting Estimate [Line Items] |
Impact of change in business interruption recovery accounting estimate | 0.07

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- Definition Disclosure of the effect on income from continuing operations, net income (or other appropriate captions of changes in applicable net assets or performance indicator), and any related per-share amounts of the current period when a change in accounting estimate affects several future periods. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 250 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28359718&loc=d3e22595-107794 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6372559&loc=d3e777-108305 + Details
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