A B757-200 PIC FINDS A HAZMAT DISCREPANCY ON HIS ACFT JUST PRIOR TO CLOSING THE DOOR ON HIS ACFT AT THE RAMP AT ORD; IL.

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IMPROPER LOADING OF HAZMAT. LOCATION: AT THE GATE. REGARDING REPEAT HAZMAT PROBS. HAVING JUST RECEIVED 3 HAZMAT FORMS FOR HAZMAT; OUR FLT WAS ALREADY 1 HR LATE. THE GATE AGENT QUERIED ME; 'OK TO SHUT THE DOOR CAPT?' BEING LATE; TIRED; AND THE LAST LEG HOME; I ALMOST SAID YES. I ASKED THE GATE AGENT TO WAIT AN EXTRA MOMENT AS I REVIEWED THE HAZMAT FORM. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION; I NOTICED THAT ALL 3 ITEMS OF HAZMAT WERE PUT IN THE SAME CARGO BIN. UPON CONSULTATION WITH THE HAZMAT HOTLINE POSTED IN PART X SECTION XX PAGE AA; I WAS INFORMED A CONSUMER COMMODITY AND A FLAMMABLE CANNOT BE PUT IN THE SAME CARGO BIN. HAD I LET THE PRESSURE OF GETTING THIS FLT OUT; I COULD HAVE VIOLATED SERIOUS HAZMAT PROCS. SEVERAL ISSUES COME TO MIND: 1) OUR GND CREWS ARE UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE TO QUICKLY TURN A FLT LEAVING LITTLE TIME TO PROPERLY REVIEW HAZMAT HANDLING -- UNDERMANNED. 2) SUFFICIENT HAZMAT TRAINING IS LACKING. 3) WHY ARE HAZMAT FORMS BEING GIVEN TO THE CAPT JUST BEFORE DEP -- AREN'T THESE ITEMS KNOWN ABOUT SEVERAL HRS BEFORE DEP? I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER AND HOPE I DON'T GET THE STANDARD RESPONSE THAT ALWAYS COMES WITH A COMPANY FORM MONTHS AFTER THE EVENT.