Workers Compensation Expense (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Workers Compensation Expense

Workers' compensation expense

Workers’ compensation expense consists of the following components:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
	(In thousands)
Self-insured occupational disease benefits:
Service cost	$	1,278	$	994	$	2,555	$	1,987
Interest cost(1)		1,566		1,510		3,131		3,020
Net amortization(1)		(3)		(241)		(6)		(482)
Total occupational disease	$	2,841	$	2,263	$	5,680	$	4,525
Traumatic injury claims and assessments		2,592		2,741		5,076		4,431
Total workers’ compensation expense	$	5,433	$	5,004	$	10,756	$	8,956

(1) In accordance with the adoption of ASU 2017-07, “Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost,” these costs are recorded within Nonoperating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Income Statements on the line item “Non-service related pension and postretirement benefit (costs) credits.”