B737-800
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Procedure
During the final portion of taxi to the gate; just as the Captain was setting the brakes; I noticed the FWD cargo door light come on. Both engines were running and; in fact; may not have been all the way to full idle as we had used power to move the last couple of feet to the stop position. I immediately called out the light and shut down the right engine. Following complete shutdown I went down to the ramp to check if anyone appeared hurt and; luckily; no one was.
A B737-800 First Officer immediately shut down the right engine when he noted the forward cargo door was being opened by ground crew prior to setting the parking brake and shutting down the engines.