ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses and reviews the equations listed on the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) examination reference sheet related to Mechanics. It focuses on the equations related to energy, work, force, and velocity. Mechanics can be defined as the study of the relationships between motion, forces, and energy. The chapter discusses two types of energy, potential energy and kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. There are many forms of kinetic energy, which include vibrational, rotational, and translational. Potential energy exists whenever an object that has mass has a position within a force field. The most everyday example of this is the position of objects in the earth's gravitational field. Force is a push or pull upon an object resulting from the object's interaction with another object. Whenever there is an interaction between two objects, there is a force upon each of the objects. There are two types of forces: contact forces and action-at-a-distance forces.
