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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]  
Loss Contingency
  December 31, 2011$723    
  Accruals for environmental matters deemed      
   probable and reasonably estimable 61    
  Environmental liability payments (61)    
  March 31, 2012$723    
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
         
 Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts: 
         
    March 31,  December 31, 
    2012  2011 
  Accrued liabilities$ 298 $ 303 
  Other liabilities  425   420 
   $ 723 $ 723 
Asbestos liabilities roll forward
 Asbestos Related Liabilities       
   Bendix NARCO Total
        
 December 31, 2011$613$1,123$1,736
  Accrual for update to estimated liability  49  -  49
  Asbestos related liability payments  (38)  -  (38)
        
 March 31, 2012$624$1,123$1,747
Insurance recoveries roll forward
 Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities       
   Bendix NARCO Total
        
 December 31, 2011$162$618$780
  Probable insurance recoveries related to       
  estimated liability  3  - 3
  Insurance receivables settlements  5  5 10
  Insurance receipts for asbestos related liabilities  (16)  (26) (42)
        
 March 31, 2012$154$597$751
        
NARCO and Bendix asbestos related asset and liability balances
 NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
         
   March 31,  December 31,  
   2012  2011  
         
 Other current assets$ 71 $ 71  
 Insurance recoveries for asbestos related liabilities   680   709  
         
  $ 751 $ 780  
         
 Accrued liabilities$ 238 $ 237  
 Asbestos related liabilities  1,509   1,499  
         
  $ 1,747 $ 1,736  
         
Bendix related asbestos claims activity
 Three Months Ended  Year Ended
  March 31,   December 31,
Claims Activity 2012   2011 2010
         
Claims Unresolved at the beginning of period 22,571   22,480 19,940
Claims Filed during the period (a) 785   3,592 4,302
Claims Resolved during the period(b) (737)   (3,501) (1,762)
         
Claims Unresolved at the end of period 22,619   22,571 22,480
         
(a) The number of claims filed in 2010 includes approximately 1,541 non-malignant claims (with an accrued liability of approximately $575 thousand in the aggregate), a majority of which had previously been dismissed in Mississippi and re-filed in Arkansas.
(b) The number of claims resolved in 2011 includes approximately 351 claims previously classified as inactive (82% non-malignant and accrued liability of approximately $1.7 million) which were activated during 2011. The number of claims resolved in 2010 includes approximately 1,300 claims previously classified as inactive (95% non-malignant and accrued liability of approximately $2.0 million) which were activated during 2010.
         
Disease distribution of claims
       
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims March 31,    December 31,
  2012   2011 2010
         
Mesothelioma and Other Cancer Claims  5,077    4,943  4,856
Nonmalignant Claims  17,542    17,628  17,624
         
Total Claims  22,619    22,571  22,480
         
Average resolution values per asbestos claim
 Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:
            
        Year Ended December 31,       
   2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
            
   (in whole dollars)  
Malignant claims$ 48,000$ 54,000$ 50,000$ 65,000$ 33,000
Nonmalignant claims$ 1,000$ 1,300$ 200$ 1,500$ 500