WDB HITS BAGGAGE CART DURING PARKING PROC.

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WHILE PARKING AT GATE IN ORD; THE #3 ENG INLET IMPACTED A PARKED UNATTENDED CONTAINER LOADER. THE ACFT WAS WITHIN 4 FT OF THE STOP BAR AND THE LOADER DENTED THE LOWER OUTBOARD SECTION (7 O'CLOCK POS) OF THE #3 NACELLE. ACCU PARK WAS IN OP AND BEING USED. THE LOADER WAS PARKED IMPROPERLY YET THE RED LINES DENOTING THE 'DANGER ZONE' WERE WORN AWAY SO AS TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. RED IS A DIFFICULT COLOR TO SEE EVEN WHEN FRESHLY PAINTED. AT SOME STATIONS THE RED IS BORDERED ON EITHER SIDE BY HIGH VISIBILITY WHITE. THIS IS EASIER TO SEE. ADDITIONALLY; THE 'ACCU PARK' SYS PRECLUDES THE CAPT FROM USING THE AVAILABLE EYES ON THE RAMP. OUR MECH SAW THE COLLISION COMING BUT COULD NOT GET OUR ATTN. MAYBE PROCS SHOULD BE REVISED TO HAVE THE FO MONITOR A MECH ON THE GND DURING 'ACCU PARK' OPS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HE INTENDS TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH HIS SUGGESTIONS TO HIS CHIEF PLT. A RPT WAS FILED WITH COMPANY BUT NOW HE WANTS TO FOLLOW THROUGH FURTHER. HE SAID THE MECH WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN WAVING HIS ARMS TO TRY AND ATTRACT THEIR ATTN BUT THEIR CONCENTRATION WAS ON THE 'ACCU PARK' LIGHTS. HE STATED THIS WAS A DC 10 ACFT.