FREEPORT — L.L. Bean fired several employees for “workplace misconduct” Tuesday, according to a company spokeswoman.

The company fired “less than a handful” of workers, Carolyn Beem said. She declined to say how many employees were terminated or to give specific reasons for the firings. The company could not discuss personnel issues, she said.

Several employees said the firings stemmed from a mistake on the company’s website two weeks ago, listing the sale price for a leather tote bag at $19.99 rather than $119.99. A number of employees who ordered the tote bag for themselves were later put on paid administrative leave before being fired Tuesday, the employees said.

An L.L. Bean employee who was not affected by the firings but asked that her name not be used for fear of losing her job, said as many as 15 people were released from the company’s Lewiston call center Tuesday, some of them longtime veterans of the outdoor wear manufacturer.