First officer reports failure of ground personnel to abide by restricted safety areas around the air...

Narrative:

We had finished powering into the gate and had come to a complete stop. Just prior to engine shutdown; I witnessed a ramp service person walk right through the middle of the no transgression zone outlined clearly in red tape. This ramp agent was walking from aft to front of the aircraft; and never lifted her head up from looking down to be cognizant of her surroundings. She proceeded in a straight path into the ramp personnel area inside the terminal. There was no time to alert her; of her very close position (within 3 feet in from my vantage point) to the spinning propeller. By the time I reacted to the situation; she had passed though the area unaffected. I notified the captain; and he spoke to her inside the ramp operations room within a few minutes of aircraft shut-down. I asked about the situation when he returned; and he informed me that she blankly stared at him and did not speak. He also informed me that he informed the manager on duty in the operations room. The ramp area is a particularly dangerous and demanding work place. The highest level of training and safety must be paramount. Keeping your 'heads up' attitude is crucial for the protection of others as well as your own personal well-being.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: First Officer reports failure of ground personnel to abide by restricted safety areas around the aircraft's landing propeller.

Narrative: We had finished powering into the gate and had come to a complete stop. Just prior to engine shutdown; I witnessed a ramp service person walk right through the middle of the no transgression zone outlined clearly in red tape. This ramp agent was walking from aft to front of the aircraft; and never lifted her head up from looking down to be cognizant of her surroundings. She proceeded in a straight path into the ramp personnel area inside the terminal. There was no time to alert her; of her very close position (within 3 feet in from my vantage point) to the spinning propeller. By the time I reacted to the situation; she had passed though the area unaffected. I notified the Captain; and he spoke to her inside the ramp operations room within a few minutes of aircraft shut-down. I asked about the situation when he returned; and he informed me that she blankly stared at him and did not speak. He also informed me that he informed the manager on duty in the operations room. The ramp area is a particularly dangerous and demanding work place. The highest level of training and safety must be paramount. Keeping your 'heads up' attitude is crucial for the protection of others as well as your own personal well-being.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	846886
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DTW.Airport
State Reference	MI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SF 340A
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 44 Flight Crew Total 2000 Flight Crew Type 664
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

First officer reports failure of ground personnel to abide by restricted safety areas around the aircraft's landing propeller.