The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) industrial fall protection standard Z359.12 includes carabiners as part of the standard. This standard requires the gate of the ANSI carabiner to withstand a direct force of 16kN (3500 lbf). The European EN 12275 standard requires the gate to withstand 2 kN of force and the EN 362 standard requires the gate to withstand 1 kN of force. The NFPA standard does not require this test.