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Casualty, Environmental and Other Reserves (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2016
Casualty, Environmental and Other Reserves [Abstract]  
Schedule of Claims Activity
Activity related to casualty, environmental and other reserves is as follows:
 
Casualty
 
Environmental
 
Other
 
 
(Dollars in Millions)
Reserves
 
Reserves
 
Reserves
 
Total
December 27, 2013
$
280

 
$
100

 
$
71

 
$
451

Charged to Expense (a)
89

 
57

 
30

 
176

Payments
(104
)
 
(63
)
 
(42
)
 
(209
)
December 26, 2014
265

 
94

 
59

 
418

Charged to Expense
60

 
45

 
37

 
142

Payments
(56
)
 
(57
)
 
(47
)
 
(160
)
December 25, 2015
269

 
82

 
49

 
400

Charged to Expense
52

 
46

 
30

 
128

Change in Estimate(b)
(28
)
 

 

 
(28
)
Payments
(64
)
 
(33
)
 
(29
)
 
(126
)
December 30, 2016
$
229

 
$
95

 
$
50

 
$
374


(a) 
Casualty expense in 2014 was higher due to the resolution of personal injury claims for prior years.
(b) 
Changes in estimates are the result of continued safety improvements and a continuing decline in the severity of injuries.
Casualty, Environmental and Other Reserves
They are provided for in the consolidated balance sheets as shown in the table below.

 
December 2016
 
December 2015
(Dollars in Millions)
Current
 
Long-term
 
Total
 
Current
 
Long-term
 
Total
Casualty:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal Injury
$
46

 
$
124

 
$
170

 
$
57

 
$
147

 
$
204

Occupational (a)
7

 
52

 
59

 
12

 
53

 
65

Total Casualty
$
53

 
$
176

 
$
229

 
$
69

 
$
200

 
$
269

Environmental
42

 
53

 
95

 
42

 
40

 
82

Other
20

 
30

 
50

 
20

 
29

 
49

Total
$
115

 
$
259

 
$
374

 
$
131

 
$
269

 
$
400

(a) 
Occupational reserves include asbestos-related diseases and occupational injuries.