JET BLAST ENCOUNTER CREATES AN INJURY TO CGP IN A NIGHT RAMP OP ACFT PARKING PROC.

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WE HAD BEEN ASSIGNED GATE AC BY LAS VEGAS OPS. AS I WAS APCHING OUR GATES FROM TXWY A3; I SHUT DOWN THE #2 ENG (STANDARD PRACTICE AT OUR AIRLINE PER OUR OPS MANUAL). I WAS MOMENTARILY DISTRACTED INSIDE THE COCKPIT (CHKING RADAR WAS ON STANDBY; APU GENERATOR WAS ON BOTH BUSSES; TCASII WAS STANDBY AND ANTISKID SWITCHES OFF) AS I WAS APCHING OUR GATES. WHEN I LOOKED BACK OUTSIDE I SAW ABOUT 4 RAMP PERSONNEL AROUND ONE OF OUR GATES. THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE PREPARING FOR AN ACFT ARR; SO I TURNED INTO THAT GATE. AS I TURNED IN ON THE LEAD-IN LINE; ONE OF THE RAMP PERSONNEL JUMPED UP ON A TUG AND CROSSED HIS ARMS; SO I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE AIRPLANE. I LOOKED AT THE GATE NUMBER; IT WAS AB NOT AC. GATE AC WAS OVER TO MY L. THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM TO MAKE A TURN TO THE L TO TAXI OVER TO GATE AC. THERE WAS A BELT LOADER PARKED OUTSIDE THE YELLOW SAFETY LINE ON MY L. ONE OF THE RAMPERS RAN OVER TO MOVE IT. I PWRED UP #1 ENG. AS THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD I BEGAN MY L TURN. I KEPT MY VIEW OUTSIDE CLRING AND MAKING SURE THE BELT LOADER WAS MOVED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WAY. THE FO WATCHED THE R WINGTIP FOR CLRNC OF ANY OBSTACLES. THERE WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH ROOM TO MAKE THE TURN; BUT I TIGHTENED IT UP TO MAKE SURE. AS I TIGHTENED THE TURN THE ACFT SLOWED SO I ADDED PWR ON THE #1 ENG TO KEEP THE ACFT MOVING. I DID NOT NOTICE THE PWR SETTING AS I WAS CLRING OUTSIDE; TO MY L. AFTER MAKING THE TURN WE TAXIED TO GATE AC AND PARKED THE ACFT. DURING THE L TURN THE JET BLAST FROM THE #1 ENG BLEW OFF A MECH ON A MAINT STAND. THE JET BLAST ALSO BLEW OFF A PART ON THE ENG COWLING ON THE MAINT STAND. THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS MAKING A L TURN 'INTO' THE 'OPERATING ENG' IN PROX OF OTHER ACFT. SINCE I WAS CLRING OUTSIDE TO MY L AND BECAME FOCUSED ON CLRNC OF OBSTACLES I DID NOT REALIZE THE AMOUNT OF PWR I WAS USING TO MAKE THE TURN. IF I HAD STARTED THE #2 ENG OR TURNED AWAY FROM THE OPERATING ENG I DON'T BELIEVE THE INCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. PERHAPS IF I HAD NOT BEEN SO FOCUSED OUTSIDE I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWARE OF MY PWR APPLICATION. I THINK IN FUTURE SITS I WILL EITHER RESTART AN ENG OR SHUTDOWN AND USE A TUG TO REPOSITION IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT ABOUT JET BLAST. ALSO; I WOULD TRY TO BE MORE COGNIZANT OF ALL OBJECTS AROUND MY ACFT. WE (CAPT AND FO) NEVER SAW THE MECH ON THE STAND ON THE GATE NEXT TO US.