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Segment Information - Schedule of Reportable Segment Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales to external customers	$ 256,708us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 265,045us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Intercompany sales	0msa_IntercompanySales	0msa_IntercompanySales
Net income (loss):
Continuing operations	9,316us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	13,522us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations
Discontinued operations	366us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity	504us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity
North American Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales to external customers	133,564us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_NorthAmericanSegmentMember	129,521us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_NorthAmericanSegmentMember
Intercompany sales	35,739msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_NorthAmericanSegmentMember	27,897msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_NorthAmericanSegmentMember
Net income (loss):
Continuing operations	14,431us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_NorthAmericanSegmentMember	14,260us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_NorthAmericanSegmentMember
Discontinued operations	0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_NorthAmericanSegmentMember	0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_NorthAmericanSegmentMember
European Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales to external customers	66,013us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_EuropeanSegmentMember	74,938us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_EuropeanSegmentMember
Intercompany sales	46,109msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_EuropeanSegmentMember	28,858msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_EuropeanSegmentMember
Net income (loss):
Continuing operations	(4,437)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_EuropeanSegmentMember	3,452us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_EuropeanSegmentMember
Discontinued operations	0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_EuropeanSegmentMember	0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_EuropeanSegmentMember
International Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales to external customers	57,131us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_InternationalSegmentMember	60,586us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_InternationalSegmentMember
Intercompany sales	5,438msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_InternationalSegmentMember	3,849msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_InternationalSegmentMember
Net income (loss):
Continuing operations	3,662us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_InternationalSegmentMember	4,591us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_InternationalSegmentMember
Discontinued operations	366us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_InternationalSegmentMember	504us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = msa_InternationalSegmentMember
Corporate Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales to external customers	0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember
Intercompany sales	0msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	0msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember
Net income (loss):
Continuing operations	(4,837)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	(7,886)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember
Discontinued operations	0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember	0us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateMember
Segment Reconciling Items
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales to external customers	0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember	0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember
Intercompany sales	(87,286)msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember	(60,604)msa_IntercompanySales / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember
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Continuing operations	497us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember	(895)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_MaterialReconcilingItemsMember
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