JET BLAST ENCOUNTER. TAXIING TFC; A B757 DAMAGES TRUCK; DRIVER SUFFERS PERSONAL INJURY.

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ON DSCNT INTO DCA WE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING ACARS MESSAGE: 'PER RAMP MGR. FYI: WHEN TURNING ONTO TXWY K15 FROM INNER TXWY; YOU BLEW OVER 3 LD CONTAINERS SET UP FOR FLT CAUSING DAMAGE TO A TRUCK ALSO CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO A WORKER AND BARELY MISSED THE 1 ENG ON A DC10; PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE; DTW CTL.' UPON ARRIVING DCA; THE CAPT CALLED RAMP MGR. CAPT FIRST INQUIRED AS TO THE STATUS OF THE WORKER AND WAS INFORMED HE HAD CUTS ON HIS HAND DUE TO BROKEN GLASS; BUT WAS OK. ALSO 3 LD CONTAINERS DID BLOW OVER; 1 RESTING 15 FT FROM THE ENG OF A DC10 PARKED AT GATE AT DTW. CAPT THEN STATED THAT THE TXWY IN QUESTION WAS PROBABLY TXWY K13; NOT TXWY K15 AS WAS STATED IN THE ACARS MESSAGE; AND THAT WE TURNED FROM THE INNER (TXWY K) AT TXWY K13; BUT DID NOT EXCEED THE ALLOWABLE THRUST OF 40 PERCENT N1 DURING THE TURN. WE PUSHED BACK OUT OF DTW FROM GATE. EXPECTING RWY 21C FOR DEP; CAPT ELECTED TO PERFORM A SINGLE ENG TAXI TO SAVE FUEL; SO ONLY THE R ENG WAS STARTED. OUR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO TAXI TO RWY 21R VIA TXWY K; TXWY K13; TXWY Y. OUR B757 WEIGHED APPROX 160000 LBS AT START OF TAXI. THE ACFT TAXIED EASILY AT IDLE PWR; WE APCHED TXWY K13 AT APPROX 8 KTS. DURING THE TURN THE ACFT STARTED TO SLOW; THE CAPT ADDED PWR TO THE R ENG TO APPROX 37 PERCENT N1 THROUGHOUT THE TURN. DURING THIS TURN I WAS COMPLETING THE STARTING OF THE L ENG. THE CONDITIONS WERE DARK AND TAXI LIGHTS WERE USED. WE DID NOT SEE LD CONTAINERS NEXT TO GATE. UPON OUR RETURN TO DTW; WE NOTICED THE CONTAINERS ADJACENT TO TXWY (AS SHOWN IN DRAWING). THESE CONTAINERS WERE PLACED ON THE EDGE OF THE BORDER FOR TXWY K. AT THE TURN FOR TXWY K13; THE CAPT EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH THE LOCATION OF THESE CONTAINERS WITH THE RAMP MGR WHO ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE PLACEMENT; BUT DUE TO THE SPACE CONSTRAINTS ON THE RAMP; THEY HAVE FEW OTHER CHOICES. WITH THE PLACEMENT OF EMPTY CONTAINERS IN THIS POS THIS INCIDENT WILL MOST LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN. REGARDING THE ACARS MESSAGE; AS A PROFESSIONAL PLT; I AS WELL AS ALL OTHER PLTS; TAKE MY JOB AND RESPONSIBILITIES VERY SERIOUSLY. WHEN I HEAR OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO EQUIP OR PROPERTY; I RECEIVE THIS WITH GREAT CONCERN. ON APCH TO LAND; OR ANY PHASE OF FLT IS NOT THE TIME TO RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF MESSAGE. A CALL TO OPS TO HAVE THE CAPT CALL ON ARR WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE.