Board Thread:Bug Reports/@comment-26889982-20190405004614/@comment-28677862-20190405012420

it's because of how your body is posed when you die

You're only supposed to drop your items whenever your torso becomes "flat" on a surface after a small delay. Whenever you die your arms hold it in an odd positions so it doesn't register you as on the ground like it normally would. Been in the game for a long time.