- Definition

Aggregate amount, before insurance recoveries, accrued to date since the entity's initial asbestos-related liability was established in 1993.

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- Definition

Represents the additional estimated period that result in an annual charge, if future comprehensive review of asbestos-related liabilities is not determined.

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- Definition

Charge against earnings for asbestos related payments.

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- Definition

The approximate aggregate number of plaintiffs and claimants settled, dismissed and otherwise disposed of, as of the balance sheet date.

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- Definition

The approximate amount of plaintiffs and claimants in asbestos lawsuits and claims in which the entity is a named defendant.

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- Definition

The aggregate of deferred amounts payable over a number of years for disposed claims.

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- Definition

The average indemnity payment per disposed claim.

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- Definition

The approximate percentage of all the asbestos-related plaintiffs and claimants for which the entity is a named defendant.

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- Definition

Fewer than this percentage of all the asbestos-related plaintiffs and claimants for which the entity is a named defendant.

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- Definition

The approximate amount of previous sales of goods containing asbestos.

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Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015 item	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 1993
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Sale of goods containing asbestos from 1948 to 1958	$ 40,000,000oi_SalesRevenueAsbestos
Approximate number of claims disposed of to date	395,000oi_ClaimsDisposedOfToDate
Average indemnity payment per claim	8,900oi_LossContingencySettlementPerClaim
Deferred amounts payable	16,000,000	13,000,000
Asbestos-related liability, total amount accrued beginning in 1993 through 2014 before insurance recoveries		4,400,000,000	975,000,000
Additional estimated period that result in an annual charge, if future comprehensive review of asbestos-related liabilities is not determined	1 year
Asbestos related charges		$ 135,000,000oi_AsbestosRelatedCosts
Approximate number of plaintiffs and claimants asbestos claims pending against the entity
Number of pending plaintiffs and claimants	2,200
Damages unspecified or sufficient to invoke jurisdictional minimum
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage	81.00%
Damages of $15 million or less
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage	13.00%
Damages greater than $15 million but less than $100 million
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, approximate percentage	5.00%
Damages equal to or greater than $100 million
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs
Percentage of asbestos plaintiffs, fewer than percentage	1.00%