I can't seem to repeat it though!
That is so strange! I can easily repeat this bug several times since it's at Scrapyard.Yeah? You can repeat it? Hm... if you think you're in a position to repeat it, save and exit, load and confirm it does happen when ramming for the next action, and attach your save.bin here. I'll check to see on my end if the same thing happens. I tried a whole bunch of different scenarios and couldn't get that to happen. Also I guess attach your cogmind.cfg file in case some of your optional settings are affecting it? (I can't imagine what would, though if I can't repeat it and you can then something must be different here...)
Edit: Also notice that I didn't take any damage from ramming despite carrying no item. Not sure if that's supposed to be possible.You can take as little as 1 core damage in that case, so maybe you didn't notice it?