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Short-Term and Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Outstanding Debt (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior revolving credit facility maturing in 2019	$ 105,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit	$ 110,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Total	251,667us-gaap_LongTermDebt	267,334us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Amounts due within one year	6,667us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent	6,667us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Long-term debt	245,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	260,667us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Debt instruments maturity date	2016	2016
Industrial Development Debt Issues Payable Through 2022, 0.30%
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Industrial development debt issues payable through 2022, 0.30%	0msa_IndustrialDevelopmentDebtIssuesPayable / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_IndustrialDevelopmentDebtPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyTwoToZeroPointThreeZeroPercentageMember	4,000msa_IndustrialDevelopmentDebtIssuesPayable / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_IndustrialDevelopmentDebtPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyTwoToZeroPointThreeZeroPercentageMember
Debt instruments maturity date	2022	2022
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Senior Notes Payable Through 2021, 5.41%
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes payable	46,667us-gaap_SeniorLongTermNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_SeniorNotesPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyOneFivePointFourtyOnePercentageMember	53,334us-gaap_SeniorLongTermNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_SeniorNotesPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyOneFivePointFourtyOnePercentageMember
Debt instruments maturity date	2021	2021
Senior Notes, interest rate	5.41%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_SeniorNotesPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyOneFivePointFourtyOnePercentageMember	5.41%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_SeniorNotesPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyOneFivePointFourtyOnePercentageMember
Senior Notes Payable Through 2021, 4.00%
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes payable	$ 100,000us-gaap_SeniorLongTermNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_SeniorNotesPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyOneFourPointZeroZeroPercentageMember	$ 100,000us-gaap_SeniorLongTermNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_SeniorNotesPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyOneFourPointZeroZeroPercentageMember
Debt instruments maturity date	2021	2021
Senior Notes, interest rate	4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_SeniorNotesPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyOneFourPointZeroZeroPercentageMember	4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = msa_SeniorNotesPayableThroughTwoThousandTwentyOneFourPointZeroZeroPercentageMember

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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