Commercial Fixed Wing
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Procedure
I was the lead. When I first pulled up the flight I saw 2 animals and a hazmat on the Dangerous Goods stage and to secure it with 15 bags. I pulled up my paperwork; not knowing that the load put the hazmat below the line; and I told my bag match guy to make sure to put 15 bags around it. They put in 21 bags. I proceeded to load the rest of the bag cans while they were doing [that]. I locked out my flight and it took off. Then the cargo people asked me about the hazmat and I told them it was on the plane and they had to turn the plane around and bring it back to remove it which I did. The hazmat was 13 LBS over weight.
Air Carrier ramp employee reported an international flight was called back after takeoff to remove an excessive amount of HAZMAT that had been loaded.