We were processing some messy compost/soil to get the junk (ie plastic bags, large bones) out when we realized it is full of earthworms. Any suggestions on a process that results in fewer worms being diced up?

This is NOT a question about what belongs in a compost pile.

[![Picking out junk in the compost/soil and running through a 1/4 inch mesh](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xvu7v.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xvu7v.jpg)