Nonsense. Always the compound movements that fuck shit up.
To state such a thing is to expose an extremely modest grasp of weight training.
Done well/correctly, multi-joint moves are much safer.
That injury often happens to folks doing these movements, ones that allow for the greatest amount of resistance to be used, is of little surprise. People approach them like easy-to-do exercises, and not technical athletic performances, as they should.
This, plus the stated allowance for considerable poundage, is why they get a bad rap as dangerous.
I've been consistently squatting, benching, deadlifting, and refining my technique, for over 30 years. Lifting without drugs (which produce superficial, and dangerous, strength gains). I have moved large numbers in all three. Never suffered a serious injury doing any of them.
Now, at 46 and stronger than ever, I experience essentially zero strain anywhere performing them.
My squats are done Olympic style, raw, and extremely deep, too, by the way. Training poundage runs from the fours into the mid-to-high 600s. Percentage cycling. I've done 660 in a meet; 705 in the gym.