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	May 31, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) plaintiff	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($) plaintiff	Dec. 31, 2020 plaintiff	Jun. 30, 2021 lawsuit	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) case wave lawsuit	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) case lawsuit wave individual plaintiff	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($)
State court
Product Liability Litigation
Number of lawsuits filed \| case										5
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs
Product Liability Litigation
Total number of named claimants \| plaintiff										232,000
Committed amount to product liability accrual											$ 1,000.0
Pre-tax charge on product liability									$ 1,200.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Total number of named claimants \| plaintiff					3	3
Amount of punitive damages awarded					$ 6.0
Settlement amount paid			$ 8.0	$ 1.0	7.0
Initial number of federal bellwether cases \| lawsuit							2
Apportioned fault of the company				62.00%
Apportioned fault of the plaintiff				38.00%
Number of lawsuits pending \| case								2,000		2,000
Number of lawsuits filed \| lawsuit										90,700
Number of waves of pending lawsuits \| wave								4		4
Number of pending lawsuits per wave \| lawsuit								500		500
Lawsuits pending period (in months)								14 months
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Multi-district litigation (MDL) \| Maximum
Product Liability Litigation
Amount of compensatory damages awarded					$ 1.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| State court
Product Liability Litigation
Total number of named claimants \| individual										1,000
Number of lawsuits filed \| lawsuit										40
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Pending Litigation
Product Liability Litigation
Total number of named claimants \| plaintiff										141,000
Number of putative class action and other lawsuits \| lawsuit										14
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Aearo Entities
Product Liability Litigation
Committed amount to product liability accrual								$ 600.0		$ 600.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Other Investments \| Aearo Entities
Product Liability Litigation
Committed amount to product liability accrual								700.0		700.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Other Liabilities \| Aearo Entities
Product Liability Litigation
Committed amount to product liability accrual								900.0		900.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Other Assets \| Aearo Entities
Product Liability Litigation
Committed amount to product liability accrual								300.0		300.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Contingent Liability Claims \| Aearo Entities
Product Liability Litigation
Committed amount to product liability accrual								$ 1,200.0		$ 1,200.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs \| Additional Projected Case Expenses
Product Liability Litigation
Committed amount to product liability accrual											$ 200.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Seventh Trial \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid			13.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Seventh Trial \| Post Trial Order Award \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid			8.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Eighth Trial \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid			$ 23.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Eleventh Trail, Plaintiff Two \| Compensatory Damages \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Total number of named claimants \| plaintiff			2
Settlement amount paid	$ 5.0		$ 15.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Eleventh Trail, Plaintiff Two \| Punitive Damages \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid	$ 72.0		40.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Eleventh Trail, Plaintiff Two \| Compensatory and Punitive Damages \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Total number of named claimants \| plaintiff										1
Settlement amount paid			55.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Eleventh Trail, Plaintiff Two \| Post Trial Compensatory and Punitive Damages \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid			$ 22.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Twelfth Trial \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Total number of named claimants \| plaintiff										1
Settlement amount paid										$ 50.0
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Thirteenth Trial \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid										$ 8.0
Number of lawsuits pending \| case								2,000		2,000
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Thirteenth Trial \| Compensatory Damages \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid		$ 2.2
Product Liability - Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Thirteenth Trial \| Post Trial Order Compensatory Damages \| Multi-district litigation (MDL)
Product Liability Litigation
Settlement amount paid		$ 1.2
Product Liability - Bair Hugger
Product Liability Litigation
Number of lawsuits pending \| case								3		3
Number of lawsuits filed \| lawsuit										5,258
Product Liability - Bair Hugger \| Minimum
Product Liability Litigation
Total number of named claimants \| individual										5,000
Product Liability - Bair Hugger \| Canada
Product Liability Litigation
Number of lawsuits filed \| lawsuit										1
Product Liability - Bair Hugger \| U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Product Liability Litigation
Number of lawsuits filed \| lawsuit										61