Ahhh this happened to me as well, I guess it happens after you are stunned from falling (in my case after I threw my self to save a teammate batman style). I guess you can solve it by spamming the throwing button but still, it is an annoying bug :D
Idk if I just threw it bad but I got a sparkler out of a chest and wanted to throw it at the same time as I got hit to save a teammate but it didn’t drop so I just took a needless hit
Playing survivor sucks for me right now, not only because of this but I’m pretty sure they re-broke flashlights so they aim at the ground again, but maybe that’s just me being bad.