"All" standards is a moving target and enormous, but below is a practical, near-comprehensive catalog of the core and commonly applied standards for lifting equipment and personal fall protection used across Europe/ISO, offshore (DNV/ISO 10855), and the ANSI Z359 system.
Acronyms
| Phrase | Description |
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| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ASSP | American Society of Safety Professionals |
| DNV | Det Norske Veritas |
| EN | European Norm |
| CEN | European Committee for Standardization |
| CENELEC | European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
Personal fall protection (industrial work at height)
| EN 363 | Personal fall protection systems – Definitions and system components. |
| EN 341 | Descender devices for rescue. |
| EN 353-1 | Guided type fall arresters on a rigid anchor line. |
| EN 353-2 | Guided type fall arresters on a flexible anchor line. |
| EN 354 | Lanyards. |
| EN 355 | Energy absorbers for lanyards. |
| EN 358 | Belts and lanyards for work positioning and restraint. |
| EN 360 | Retractable type fall arresters (SRLs). |
| EN 361 | Full body harnesses – Requirements and tests. |
| EN 364 | Test methods for PPE against falls from a height. |
| EN 365 | General requirements for instructions, marking, and periodic inspection of PPE against falls from a height. |
| EN 795 | Anchor devices (single-user anchors). Also CEN/TS 16415 for multi-user anchors. |
| EN 1496 | Rescue lifting devices. |
| EN 1497 | Rescue harnesses. |
| EN 1498 | Rescue loops. |
| EN 1891 | Low stretch kernmantle ropes for rope access/positioning. |
| EN 12278 | Pulleys for mountaineering-industrial use crossover (often referenced in rope systems). |
| EN 12841 | Rope adjustment devices used in rope access systems. |
| ISO 10333 (series) | Personal fall-arrest systems – connectors, energy absorbers, lanyards, full body harnesses, self-retracting devices, system performance. Useful where ISO is preferred or for non-CE markets. |
| ANSI/ASSP Z359 (series) | - Z359.0: Definitions and nomenclature.
- Z359.1: Safety requirements for PFAS (umbrella; references part-specific standards).
- Z359.2: Managed fall protection program (procedures, roles, rescue).
- Z359.3: Lanyards and pole straps for positioning.
- Z359.4: Rescue and evacuation systems.
- Z359.6: Design requirements for active fall protection systems (engineered).
- Z359.7: Qualification and verification testing.
- Z359.11: Full body harnesses.
- Z359.12: Connectors (hooks, carabiners).
- Z359.13: Energy-absorbing lanyards.
- Z359.14: Self-retracting devices.
- Z359.15: Rigid rail fall arrest systems.
- Z359.16: Anchorage connectors for active systems.
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Slings and lifting accessories
| EN 1492-1 | Textile webbing slings made of man-made fibres. |
| EN 818 (series) | Short link chain for lifting – Grades, mechanical properties, calibration, marking; chain slings. |
| EN 1677 (series) | Components for chain slings – Grade 8 (hooks, master links, coupling links, etc.). |
| EN 1492-2 | Textile roundslings made of man-made fibres. |
| EN 12195-2/-3/-4 | Load restraint on road vehicles – Web lashings, lashing chains, steel wire rope lashings (not lifting, but commonly bundled with slings in kits). |
| EN 13414 (series) | Wire rope slings – Specifications; ferrule-secured eye terminations; braided slings. Note: many users now reference EN 13411 for terminations and EN 12385 for rope. |
| EN 13155 | Non-fixed load lifting attachments (clamps, grabs, magnets, vacuum lifters, spreaders, lifting beams). |
| EN 13889 | Forged steel shackles – Grade 6, bow and dee, with safety bolt/nut/pin. |
| ISO 2415 | Forged shackles for general lifting. |
| ISO 3266 | Lifting eyebolts (collared). |
| ISO 7597 / ISO 7593 | Forged steel lifting hooks (various types) – selection and dimensions (you listed ISO 7593; retained). |
| ISO 4779/ISO 4780 | Chain slings – Grade 8/10 components and dimensions (used in some markets alongside EN 1677). |
| ISO 21041 | Lifting eye nuts (where specified; DIN 582 also often referenced). |
Wire ropes and terminations
| EN 12385 (series) | Steel wire ropes – Safety; terminology, requirements for stranded ropes, rotation-resistant ropes, sampling/testing, etc. |
| EN 13411 (series) | Terminations for steel wire ropes – Thimbles, ferrule-secured eye terminations, wire rope grips/clamps, sockets, wedges. |
| ISO 2408 | Steel wire ropes – General requirements (you listed). |
| ISO 4309 | Cranes – Wire ropes – Care and maintenance, inspection, discard criteria. |
| ISO 16625 | Cranes – Selection of wire ropes, drum and sheave dimensions. |
| ISO 17558/ISO 17893 | Wire rope terminations/efficiency (referenced in some sectors). |
Hooks, lifting points, and rigging hardware
| EN 1090 (series) | Execution of steel structures – relevant where welded lifting points are part of structural fabrications (CE marking of structural components). |
| EN 1677 | Covers many Grade 8 hooks and components. |
| EN 6055? | Common European practice is to use manufacturer standards or EN 1677 for swivel and specialty hooks; also EN 13155 for lifting attachments including lifting points). |
| ISO 2415 | Shackles (repeated here for clarity). |
| ISO 3266 | Eyebolts; ISO 21041: Eye nuts. |
| DIN 580/DIN 582 | Eye bolts and eye nuts (widely used in Europe; not EN/ISO but often specified). |
Cranes, hoists, winches, MEWPs, and lifting attachments
| EN 280-1 | Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) – Design calculations, stability, construction (formerly EN 280). |
| EN 1677/EN 818 | As above for chain systems used with hoists. |
| EN 12999 | Cranes – Loader cranes. |
| EN 13001 (series) | Cranes – General design (limit states, load combinations, wire ropes, pulleys). |
| EN 13135 | Cranes – Equipment (safety devices, limiters). |
| EN 13157 | Hand powered cranes and hoists (manual chain/lever hoists). |
| EN 14492-1 | Power driven hoists. |
| EN 14492-2 | Power driven winches. |
| EN 15011 | Cranes – Bridge and gantry cranes. |
| ISO 4301/ISO 4306 | Cranes – Classification and terminology. |
| ISO 9927 | Cranes – Inspections. |
| ISO 10896 (series) | Rough-terrain truck-mounted cranes (telehandlers lifting functions, in some contexts). |
| ISO 12482 | Cranes – Condition monitoring. |
| ISO 16881/ISO 16841 | Hooks – Requirements and verification (used by some sectors). |
Offshore containers, lifting sets, and offshore lifting
| EN 12079 (series) | Offshore containers (widely replaced by ISO 10855 but still referenced). |
| DNV 2.7-1 | Offshore containers – design, manufacturing, testing, certification (you listed). |
| DNV 2.7-2 | Offshore service containers and portable offshore units – additional requirements. |
| DNV 2.7-3 | Portable offshore units (frames, baskets, skids). |
| DNVGL-ST-E271/E273 | Offshore container and portable unit standards (nomenclature varies with DNV versions). |
| ISO 10855 (series) | Offshore containers and associated lifting sets – Design, manufacture, inspection, and testing. Supersedes EN 12079 in many contexts. |
| NORSOK R-002 | Lifting equipment (design and requirements for Norwegian petroleum sector). |
| NORSOK R-003N/R-005 | Safe use of lifting equipment (offshore/onshore petroleum sector). |
Inspection, in-service examination, and use
| EN 365 | General instructions/inspection for fall PPE (repeated for emphasis). |
| EN 13155 | Non-fixed attachments includes inspection requirements for attachments. |
| ISO 9927 | Cranes – Inspections. |
| ISO 12482 | Condition monitoring (repeated). |
| ISO 23814 | Cranes – Competency requirements for inspectors. |
Local statutory frameworks (e.g., EU Work Equipment and PPE directives; Norway’s regulations) set inspection intervals; not standards, but you’ll typically reference them alongside the above.
Containers and cargo handling (general lifting relevance)
| ISO 1496 (series) | Series 1 freight containers – Specifications and testing (you listed). |
| ISO 3874 | Series 1 freight containers – Handling and securing. |
Notes
Europe/EEA (Norway): For CE-marked products, EN standards are the primary basis; ISO standards apply where harmonized or where EN refers to them. For offshore, DNV 2.7-x and ISO 10855 dominate.
"All standards" is impractical to enumerate exhaustively; many series have numerous parts and frequent revisions. If you want, I can deliver a spreadsheet with the series expanded into all current parts and add columns for scope, typical equipment, and market (EU/ISO/ANSI/DNV/NORSOK). Tell me which families you need expanded in detail:
| Fall protection: | - EN 34x/35x/36x/79x
- ISO 10333
- ANSI Z359 parts
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| Slings/accessories: | - EN 818
- EN 1492
- EN 1677
- EN 12385
- EN 13411
- EN 13414
- ISO 2415/3266/3077/759x
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| Cranes/hoists/winches: | - EN 12999
- EN 13001
- EN 13157
- EN 14492
- EN 15011
- ISO 430x/9927/12482
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| Offshore: | - DNV 2.7-x
- EN 12079
- ISO 10855
- NORSOK R-002/003/005
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