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Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Estimated contributions by employer to pension plans | $ 4.1 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansEstimatedFutureEmployerContributionsInNextFiscalYear |  |
Percentage Increase In Health Care Benefit Cost | 7.00%msa_PercentageIncreaseInHealthCareBenefitCost |  |
Percentage decrease in health care benefits for successive year | 0.50%msa_PercentageDecreaseInHealthCareCostInEachSuccessiveYear |  |
Estimated future percentage of health care benefits | 4.50%msa_EstimatedFuturePercentageOfHealthCareBenefits |  |
Percentage of change in assumed health care cost trend rate | 1.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanUltimateHealthCareCostTrendRate |  |
Increase or decrease in other postretirement obligations | 1.6 msa_DefinedBenefitPlanEffectOfOnePercentagePointIncreaseOrDecreaseOnAccumulatedPostretirementBenefitObligation |  |
Increase or decrease in current year plan expense | 1.4 msa_DefinedBenefitPlanEffectOfOnePercentagePointIncreaseOrDecreaseOnCurrentYearPlanExpense |  |
Defined Contribution Plan, Cost Recognized | 6.5 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized | 5.8 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized | 5.9 us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
Pension Benefits |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2015 | 20.6 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsNextTwelveMonths / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2016 | 20.9 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsYearTwo / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2017 | 21.8 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsYearThree / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2018 | 22.7 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsYearFour / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2019 | 23.2 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsYearFive / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, thereafter | 134.3 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsFiveFiscalYearsThereafter / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_PensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Other Benefits |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2015 | 1.5 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsNextTwelveMonths / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2016 | 1.6 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsYearTwo / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2017 | 1.8 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsYearThree / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2018 | 2.0 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsYearFour / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, 2019 | 2.1 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsYearFive / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |
Estimated benefit payments, thereafter | $ 10.3 us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsFiveFiscalYearsThereafter / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = us-gaap_OtherPostretirementBenefitPlansDefinedBenefitMember |  |

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- Definition Amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid in the five fiscal years after the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (f) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35743120&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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