A wire rope hoist limiter device, includes a fastener arranged to be fastened around the wire rope of the wire rope hoist; a sliding weight arranged to slide along the wire rope of the wire rope hoist towards the fastener; and a detector arranged to be fastened to the wire rope of the wire rope hoist by means of the fastener. The detector is arranged to detect the sliding weight at a certain distance from the fastener and to give a stop signal for the wire rope hoist in response.