MSA Safety Inc — Director's Dealing 2012

May 15, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO (MSA)
CIK: 0000066570
Period of Report: 2012-05-11

Reporting Person: SHAW L EDWARD JR (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-11	Common Stock, no par value	A	1217.0000	$0.0000	Acquired	357083.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-05-11	Non-statutory Stock Option	$42.5400	A	2675.0000	Acquired	2022-05-11	Common Stock, no par value (2675.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, no par value	397547.0000	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	241815.0000	Indirect
Common Stock, no par value	135440.0000	Indirect