Why Events Like This Happen (General Industry Factors) Although the cause here is not confirmed, tower collapses in the telecom industry commonly result from: Extreme weather (strong wind, storms, lightning) Corrosion due to aging and lack of preventive maintenance Structural. Why Events Like This Happen (General Industry Factors) Although the cause here is not confirmed, tower collapses in the telecom industry commonly result from: Extreme weather (strong wind, storms, lightning) Corrosion due to aging and lack of preventive maintenance Structural. This is a list of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers. Masts and towers can collapse as a result of natural disasters, such as storms and fires; from engineering defects; and from accidents, sabotage or warfare. Identical design to South Wellfleet installation. Replaced by 4. While installing the last 10-foot section of a 90 foot tower, the bottom section collapsed, causing one employee to fall to the ground and die. January 4, 2013, Ws Consulting & Construction, Mount Vernon, Washington. Employee fell 80 feet and died, had fall protection gear on, but the fall. A telecom tower contractor has died after falling 100 feet from a communications tower in Douglas County, Wisconsin. Northern News Now reports that the incident took place at 10:30am on Monday (December 1) on Industrial Park Road in Lake Nebagamon. The structure appears to have suffered a complete failure along its height. But 2007 was also a year when 11 cell tower technicians in the U. The year after, 12 more technicians would lose their lives climbing.