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Contingencies	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Contingencies	16. Contingencies Personal Injury Actions and Other - Product and general liability claims are made against the Company from time to time in the ordinary course of business. The Company is generally self-insured for claims up to $10.0 million per claim ($5.0 million per claim prior to April 1, 2024) and a reserve is maintained for the estimated costs of such claims. At June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the estimated net liabilities for product and general liability claims totaled $42.2 million and $50.1 million, respectively. While there is inherent uncertainty as to the eventual resolution of unsettled claims, management believes that any losses in excess of established reserves will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Market Risks - The Company was contingently liable under bid, performance and specialty bonds totaling $2.72 billion and $2.58 billion at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Outstanding letters of credit issued by the Company’s banks in favor of third parties totaled $14.4 million and $18.2 million at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Other Matters - The Company is subject to environmental matters and legal proceedings and claims, including patent, antitrust, product liability, warranty and state dealership regulation compliance proceedings, that arise in the ordinary course of business. Although the final results of such matters and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the ultimate resolution will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Actual results could vary, among other things, due to the uncertainties involved in litigation. Major contracts for government customers are performed over extended periods of time and are subject to changes in scope of work and delivery schedules. Pricing negotiations on changes and settlement of claims often extend over prolonged periods of time. The Company’s ultimate profitability on such contracts may depend on the eventual outcome of an equitable settlement of contractual issues with the Company’s customers.

Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

16. Contingencies

Personal Injury Actions and Other - Product and general liability claims are made against the Company from time to time in the ordinary course of business. The Company is generally self-insured for claims up to $10.0 million per claim ($5.0 million per claim prior to April 1, 2024) and a reserve is maintained for the estimated costs of such claims. At June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the estimated net liabilities for product and general liability claims totaled $42.2 million and $50.1 million, respectively. While there is inherent uncertainty as to the eventual resolution of unsettled claims, management believes that any losses in excess of established reserves will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Market Risks - The Company was contingently liable under bid, performance and specialty bonds totaling $2.72 billion and $2.58 billion at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Outstanding letters of credit issued by the Company’s banks in favor of third parties totaled $14.4 million and $18.2 million at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

Other Matters - The Company is subject to environmental matters and legal proceedings and claims, including patent, antitrust, product liability, warranty and state dealership regulation compliance proceedings, that arise in the ordinary course of business. Although the final results of such matters and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the ultimate resolution will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Actual results could vary, among other things, due to the uncertainties involved in litigation.

Major contracts for government customers are performed over extended periods of time and are subject to changes in scope of work and delivery schedules. Pricing negotiations on changes and settlement of claims often extend over prolonged periods of time. The Company’s ultimate profitability on such contracts may depend on the eventual outcome of an equitable settlement of contractual issues with the Company’s customers.

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The entire disclosure for loss and gain contingencies. Describes any existing condition, situation, or set of circumstances involving uncertainty as of the balance sheet date (or prior to issuance of the financial statements) as to a probable or reasonably possible loss incurred by an entity that will ultimately be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur, and typically discloses the amount of loss recorded or a range of possible loss, or an assertion that no reasonable estimate can be made.

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