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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Rollforward of Asbestos Claims (Detail) (Asbestos Issue [Member])
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Claim
Mar. 31, 2014
Claim
Asbestos Claims [Rollforward]    
Pending claims – Beginning 62,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber 79,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
New claims 1,000us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber 1,000us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber
Settlements 0us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledNumber (2,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledNumber
Dismissals 3,000us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsDismissedNumber [1] 9,000us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsDismissedNumber [1]
Pending claims – Ending 60,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber 69,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
Inactive [Member]
   
Asbestos Claims [Rollforward]    
Pending claims – Ending 13,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ itt_ClaimsRelatedToAsbestosIssuesAxis
= us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
[1] 18,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ itt_ClaimsRelatedToAsbestosIssuesAxis
= us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
[1]
Inactive dismissed claims 0itt_Inactivedismissedclaims
/ itt_ClaimsRelatedToAsbestosIssuesAxis
= us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
0itt_Inactivedismissedclaims
/ itt_ClaimsRelatedToAsbestosIssuesAxis
= us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
Active [Member]
   
Asbestos Claims [Rollforward]    
Pending claims – Ending 47,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ itt_ClaimsRelatedToAsbestosIssuesAxis
= us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_ActiveMember
51,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ itt_ClaimsRelatedToAsbestosIssuesAxis
= us-gaap_AsbestosIssueMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_ActiveMember
[1] (a)Inactive claims represent pending claims in Mississippi filed in 2004 or prior, which have been excluded from our asbestos measurement because the plaintiffs cannot demonstrate a significant compensable loss. As such, management believes these claims have little-to-no value. There were no inactive claims dismissed or settled during the first quarter of 2015 or 2014.