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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000897226-02-000081
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020215

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000066570
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				250668780
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-12549
		FILM NUMBER:		02551931

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		121 GAMMA DR
		STREET 2:		OHARA TOWNSHIP
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15238
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4129673000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 426
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15230

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000897226
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				593654603
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8889 PELICAN BAY BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 500
		CITY:			NAPLES
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			34108
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9412542525

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8889 PELICAN BAY BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 500
		CITY:			NAPLES
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			34108

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PRIVATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /FL
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950223
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
"Washington, D.C. 20549"

SCHEDULE 13G	Amendment No. 2

(Name of Issuer)
	MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO.

(Title of Class of Securities)
Common Stock

(CUSIP Number)
	602720104

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Private Capital Management

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.
59-3654603

MEMBER OF A GROUP?
(b) X

PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
SOLE VOTING POWER 	0
SHARED VOTING POWER	1531588
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 	0
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 	1531588

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	1531588

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
	11.4%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IA

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Bruce S. Sherman

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.
###-##-####

MEMBER OF A GROUP?
(b) X

CITIZENSHIP
U.S. Citizen

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
SOLE VOTING POWER 	21500
SHARED VOTING POWER 	1532488
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 	21500
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 	1532488

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	1553988

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(yes)

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
	11.5%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN


NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Gregg J. Powers

I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO.
###-##-####

MEMBER OF A GROUP?
(b) X

CITIZENSHIP
U.S. Citizen

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:
SOLE VOTING POWER 	0
SHARED VOTING POWER 	1531588
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 	0
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 	1531588

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	1531588

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(yes)

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
	11.4%

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN


ITEMS 1 - 10 OF GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Item 1.
(a)Name of Issuer: 	MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO.
(b)Address of Issuer: 121 Gamma Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238

Item 2.
(a)Name of Person Filing:  See Exhibit 1
"(b)Address of Person Filing: 8889 Pelican Bay Blvd., Naples, FL  34108"
(c)Citizenship:  See Exhibit 1
(d)Title of Class of Securities:  Common Stock
(e)CUSIP Number:  	602720104

Item 3.
The reporting person is filing as an Investment Adviser registered
under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Item 4. Ownership
(a)Amount Beneficially Owned:  See Exhibit 1
(b)Percent of Class:  See Exhibit 1
(c)Number of Shares as to which such person has:
(i)sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
     See Exhibit 1
(ii)shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
     See Exhibit 1
(iii)sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
     See Exhibit 1
(iv)shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
     See Exhibit 1

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of Class:
        N/A

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person: N/A

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
Company: N/A

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
        See Exhibit 1

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group:
        N/A

Item 10. Certification:
"        By signing below I certify that, to the best of my"
"knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were"
acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired
for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were
not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purposes or effect.

SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
"belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement"
"is true, complete and correct."

Date:   See Exhibit 2
Signature:  See Exhibit 2
Name/Title: See Exhibit 2



                    Exhibit 1


Item 2.
(a) Name of Person Filing
"     1)  Private Capital Management, L.P."
     2) *Bruce S. Sherman
     3) *Gregg J. Powers

(c)Citizenship
     1)  Florida
     2)  U.S.
     3)  U.S.

Item 4.
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned
     1) 	1531588
     2) 	1553988
     3) 	1531588

(b) Percent of Class
     1) 	11.4%
     2) 	11.5%
     3) 	11.4%

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
   (i)   sole power to vote or to direct the vote
         1)  	0
         2)  	21500
         3)  	0

   (ii)  shared power to vote or to direct the vote
         1) 	1531588
         2)  	1532488
         3)  	1531588

   (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
         1)  	0
         2)  	21500
         3)  	0

   (iv)  shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
         1)  	1531588
         2)  	1532488
         3)  	1531588

* Bruce S. Sherman is CEO of Private Capital Management (PCM)
"and Gregg J. Powers is President of PCM.  In these capacities, Messrs."
Sherman and Powers exercise shared dispositive and shared voting power
with respect to shares held by PCM's clients and managed by PCM.
Messrs. Sherman and Powers disclaim beneficial ownership for the shares
held by PCM's clients and disclaim the existence of a group.

Exhibit 2

Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
"belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement"
"is true, complete and correct."

"Date:  February 15, 2002"




_____________________________________
Bruce S. Sherman
"as CEO, PCM"
"as, individual, as applicable"





______________________________________
Gregg J. Powers
"as President, PCM"
"as, individual, as applicable"

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