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I've never heard of any one crushing a plunger tube before and I'm not sure that it would be something I would even worry about.
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I took two of my 1911s to a local 'smith for restaking of the plunger tubes. One had been loose for years, and the other, loose since new. The 'smith had one of those modified vise-grip staking tools, and as he's fixin' to start squeezing, I said something like, "I thought it was necessary to put a drill bit, or something, inside the tube, so it's isn't crushed by . . ." Well, apparently it is necessary to put something inside the tube, because after crimping the drill bit had to come out anyway, to open the crushed plunger tube.
As for the tube being crushed while the gun is in use? Maybe by flying shrapnel, but I doubt you'd have to worry about it on the range.