COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2008	Dec. 31, 2007
Asbestos Related Liabilities Paragraph Details [Abstract]
Insurance receivable as value of asbestos claim historical, percent	40.00%
Insurance receivable as value of asbestos claim projected, percent	33.00%
Environmental Matters [Abstract]
Beginning of period	$ 723,000,000
Accruals for environmental matters deemed probable and reasonably estimable	61,000,000
Environmental liability payments	(61,000,000)
End of period	723,000,000	723,000,000
Loss Contingency Classification of Accrual [Abstract]
Accrued liabilities	298,000,000	303,000,000
Other liabilities	425,000,000	420,000,000
Total environmental liabilities	723,000,000	723,000,000
Loss Contingency, Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims [Abstract]
Mesothelioma and Other Cancer Claims	5,077	4,943	4,856
Other Claims	17,542	17,628	17,624
Claims unresolved at the end of period	22,619	22,571	22,480
Loss Contingency, Narco and Bendix Asbestos Related Balances by Balance Sheet Caption [Abstract]
Other Current Assets	71,000,000	71,000,000
Insurance recoveries for asbestos related liabilities	680,000,000	709,000,000
Total assets	751,000,000	780,000,000
Accrued liabilities	238,000,000	237,000,000
Asbestos Related Liabilities	1,509,000,000	1,499,000,000
Total liabilities	1,747,000,000	1,736,000,000
Resolution Values Per Claim [Abstract]
Malignant Claims		48,000	54,000	50,000	65,000	33,000
Nonmalignant Claims		$ 1,000	$ 1,300	$ 200	$ 1,500	$ 500
New Jersey Chrome Sites [Member]
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Study area 7 chromium residue	The excavation and offsite disposal of approximately one million tons of chromium residue present at a predecessor Honeywell site located in Jersey City, New Jersey, known as Study Area 7, was completed in January 2010
Site Contingency Number Of Aco Sites	21
Publicly funded sites, fully responsible	24
Publicly funded sites, total	53
Partially responsible sites, percent	50.00%
Number of sites, partially responsible	10
Dundalk Marine Terminal [Member]
Site Contingency [Line Items]
Cost of developing and implementing permanent remedy percent	77.00%