How did the tin woodmans dad die?

In "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, the Tin Woodman's father was a woodcutter who met a tragic fate. He was turned into a tin man after a series of accidents involving his own axe, which led to him losing his limbs and ultimately being transformed into tin. The story suggests that his father was protective of his family, but the exact details of his death are not explicitly described.